{"id":14328,"date":"2021-10-22T13:22:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T17:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ckms.ca\/?p=14328"},"modified":"2021-10-22T13:22:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T17:22:16","slug":"more-than-63000-pounds-of-trash-removed-from-one-of-the-biggest-accumulations-of-ocean-plastic-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/?p=14328","title":{"rendered":"More than 63,000 pounds of trash removed from one of the biggest accumulations of ocean plastic in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of several areas in the ocean that holds massive amounts of debris.<\/p>\n

Source: More than 63,000 pounds of trash removed from one of the biggest accumulations of ocean plastic in the world<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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This is the project Ocean Cleanup<\/a> launched by Boylan Slat:<\/p>\n

“At 16 years of age, Boyan Slat saw more plastic bags than fish when scuba diving in Greece. He thought: \u201cWhy can\u2019t we just clean this up?\u201d This question led him to research the plastic pollution problem for a school project. He learned about plastic accumulating in five large oceanic gyres, the largest one being the\u00a0Great Pacific Garbage Patch<\/a>. In 2012, Boyan Slat held a TedX talk about how to rid the world\u2019s oceans of plastic using technology. The video went viral, and the momentum that followed allowed him to drop out of school and found The Ocean Cleanup.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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