A multimillion-dollar floating boom designed to corral plastic debris littering the Pacific Ocean deployed from San Francisco Bay on Saturday as part of a larger high-stakes and ambitious undertaking.

The Ocean Cleanup device is finally catching plastic After several false starts, Boyan Slat's device is working as intended in the Pacific Garbage Patch. IMPACT ...

The Ocean Cleanup device is finally catching plastic. After several false starts, Boyan Slat's device is working as intended in the Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it ...

When plastic ends up in the ocean, ... Most plastics are small fragments that escape nets or which can only be collected with considerable animal 'by-catch'," says co-author Dr Melanie Bergmann ...

Most plastics are small fragments that escape nets or which can only be collected with considerable animal 'by-catch,'" co-author Melanie Bergmann of the AWI said in the statement.

However, local lakes and waterways are being overtaken by pollution, specifically plastic, that […] Plastics affect more than oceans | News, Sports, Jobs - Altoona Mirror newslink ...

The Ocean Cleanup has replaced a metal trash interceptor in Guatemala with a two-part barricade system that includes plastic components from East Canton, Ohio-based Worthington Products Inc. The ...