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@Midnight@slrpnk.net to Ocean Conservation & Tidalpunk@slrpnk.net • 9 months ago

Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years

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Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years

www.latimes.com

@Midnight@slrpnk.net to Ocean Conservation & Tidalpunk@slrpnk.net • 9 months ago
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Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says
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The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch nonprofit organization, has projected that the blight on the world's largest ocean could be removed within a decade and for around $7.5 billion.
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  • @Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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    I will buy a hat and eat it if this happens.

    • @foiledAgain@lemmy.world
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      4•9 months ago

      A plastic hat?

      • @Alexstarfire@lemmy.world
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        5•9 months ago

        Marble. I’m pretty confident.

        • @SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee
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          2•9 months ago

          I’ll buy you some condiments to put on it.

  • @TheSlad@sh.itjust.works
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    7•9 months ago

    Will it tho?

  • @OhmsLawn@lemmy.world
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    6•9 months ago

    We could do many things in a decade. We won’t, but we could.

    • @Noodle07@lemmy.world
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      Think about all the things we could fuck up in 10 years, so many possibilities!

  • @keepthepace@slrpnk.net
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    IIRC plastic waste in the ocean have a half life of about one year. In that case it mostly means that in a year, half of the waste are going to end up on a shore. Stop adding plastic and the patch will shrink x1024 in 10 years.

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