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After six years of development and three years of extraction operations, the real-world performance of System 03 over the past 12 months has proven that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be cleaned up in 10 years at a cost of $7.5bn. Models indicate that with the addition of more advanced hotspot hunting, this could be achieved within 5 years at a cost $4bn. Follow our progress on social media for the latest updates. All images and videos should be credited The Ocean Cleanup.

System 03
System 02
Our second largest extraction from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The cost and time needed to clean up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch based on operations to date
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is large and persistent
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world and is located between Hawaii and California. Scientists of The Ocean Cleanup have conducted the most extensive analysis ever of this area
The cost and time needed to clean up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch indicated by data and modeling
The cost to clean up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, in perspective

Ocean plastic accumulates in five ocean garbage patches, the largest one being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Floating plastics trapped in these patches will keep circulating until they break down into smaller and smaller pieces, becoming harder to clean up and increasingly easier to mistake for food by sealife. If left to circulate, the plastic will impact our ecosystems, health, and economies for decades or even centuries

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THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH CAN BE CLEANED FOR $7.5 BILLION

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