#GreatPacificgarbagepatch

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The Ocean Cleanup Project Removes Over 100,000kg Of Plastic From Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The Ocean Cleanup project has removed over 100-thousand kilograms (220-thousand pounds) of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The Dutch nonprofit organization behind the largest ocean cleanup project in history has reached a monumental milestone. The Ocean Cleanup announced on Twitter that they had removed more than 100-thousand kilograms of plastic from the gyre of trash in the central North Pacific Ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Ocean Cleanup was started in 2013 by then 18-year-old Dutch-born inventor-entrepreneur Boyan Slat with a goal of using technology to clean up the world’s waterways. After testing multiple versions of their ocean cleaning technology in the North Sea, the group set their sights on the GPGP in 2018. Slat says that it took them years to collect the first 8-thousand kilograms of plastic, but in the last few weeks they’ve been collecting that amount every four days.

The milestone is important because The Ocean Cleanup estimates that 100-thousand kilograms represents about one-one thousandths (1/1000 or 0.1%) of the total amount of trash in the GPGP. They believe the newest version of their tech will be able to collect that amount every month and if they can get ten of their machines out there cleaning up the Pacific ocean, they’ll be removing that much every few days. Of course, the problem will never go away as long as people are careless with their garbage, but for the first time ever, someone is making a significant dent in the existing problem.

Source: Twitter

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The ocean cleanup device in the Pacific Ocean is finally working! The Ocean Cleanup recently announced that a boat has been able to retrieve plastic – including tires, microplastics, ghost nets, and crates – collected by the device. Read more about the Ocean Cleanup at this link. ⁠(📷: Courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup)

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[druexbane]

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[giorginodj]

Reposted from @poor_sailors Cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is possible 💪 Here is plastic collected from the final test extraction of System 2 - 8th Oct 2021. We are onboard with Video by @maersk_official Good work guys 👍 @theoceancleanup. #maersk #theoceancleanup #plasticfreeoceans #oceanhealth #weareonboard #greatpacificgarbagepatch https://www.instagram.com/p/CVKg7Rhh7X-/?utm_medium=tumblr

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[discoveringculturaldifferences]

Recycling and garbage disposal in Japan vs. America

Japan has been the global leader in promoting its people to recycle as much of their waste as possible for decades. They have a very intense and strict system that the people who live there must maintain. Each city has their own regulations, but they are still very similar. Sorting out your trash into different types, using specific bags and being sure to put it out on the right day and time is just part of what Japanese culture has set for its people. When becoming a resident in Japan, you are given vouchers which allows you to buy one set of ten bags. This is to discourage producing more waste.

(A trash recycling area at a highway rest stop in Japan)

The situation is starkly different here in America. There are no laws that say you have to recycle certain items and nothing about how you cannot use more than 60 garbage bags for a year (yes if you are a single male living alone you are going to be rationed to sixty garbage bags per year). In America it is a specialty for us to see that blue bin which is only for plastic bottles. It is more likely for someone to throw away food in the recycling bin or something plastic that cannot be used again. Americans produce roughly 5.91 pounds of trash per day with only 1.51 pounds being recycled.

(Recycling system in America)

I believe a great deal of the drastic difference between Japans and the American recycling system is due to how each culture is already. How Japanese are seen as interdependent and mostly a Buddhist population, and how Americans are seen as independent and primarily Christian. Factors such as Buddhism believing in chants and mantras to help the spiritual mind relate to the idea of reptation and contribute to how Japanese people have specific time, bag, and way to recycle their trash. In contrast Americans are a thick minded people and do not want to change their ways for anyone but themselves. So, if a situation does not affect them directly then they do not have an opinion or belief about it. This goes for recycling as well. It is known that is there is a massive problem with plastic waste in our world. There is something known as the “Great Pacific garbage patch,” which is described as a trash vortex and it weights around 80,000 tones. Many people in America do not believe it is real and nor want to do anything to help alleviate the issue. Japanese culture has become so adamant about trying to not add to the problem that they have made it a part of their everyday routine to lessen their waste.

(The Great Pacific Garbage Patch)

I have also learned in my Cross-Cultural Psychology class that when someone has less religiosity then they are more open to experience and are higher on agreeableness. This then shows how Japanese are less religious than Americans are because they are more open to the idea of strict recycling and comply more with the laws that are set forth.

(A residential trash pick up point in Japan)

https://blog.gaijinpot.com/trash-talk-a-guide-to-garbage-disposal-in-japan/ 

https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2020/03/13/fix-recycling-america/

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Plastic planet #plasticplanet #hastingsindependant #recycling #biodegrade #photodegrade #greenliving #loveourplanet #andydinsdale #singleuse #greatpacificgarbagepatch #plasticine #the3ps #cometogether #personalresponsibility

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The level to where our true attention must be concentrated is immense but not insurmountable. Click the link in my bio (on Instagram) if you would like to join to make a change or type https://bUnited.com/invite/BBQP-0579/05/ in your browser. Be well. Oneness. . . . . #greatpacificgarbagepatch #environmental #reduce #cleantech #innovate #insteadofwarcleanup #distractions #Omegasunlight #bunited #carbonfootprint #ecology #freethesealife #flowwiththecee (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B65hQZpAT85/?igshid=17hzu93uhsii6

[rougepoptart]

Should governments help this effort? Comment below. The #greatpacificgarbagepatch is an #artificial #island more than 2x the size of #Texas it #floats in the #PacificOcean and #grows bigger each year as more #pollution is dumped into the #ocean #oceans #sea #seas #marinebiology #coralreefs #eco #climatechange #rougepoptart (at Pacific Ocean) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3KhJn8F4hM/?igshid=j45vf4vygr9l

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@ricomiccon is one month away!! Who will we be seeing there?! . . . #VortexMan #Comic #ComicBooks #WhatHaveIBecome #NoOceanNoFuture #MarvelComics #ComicCon #Environment #SaveThePlanet #CTBased #GreatPacificGarbagePatch #PacificGyre #PacificGarbagePatch #RhodeIslandComicCon #QRcode #Polymera

[littlethings666-blog]

Post 00036: OCEAN CLEANUP Ocean cleanup foundation launched is first cleanup system to take on the GREAT PACIFIC PATCH floating between San francisco & Hawaii With about 150 million tons of plastic in the world's oceans - and that number expected to triple in the next decade - this type of trash disposal has real implications for climate change, the safety of sea life and industries such as fishing and tourism. It can also affect our health if plastic ends up in the food we eat. "That plastic is still going to be there in one year. It's still going to be there in ten years," said 24-year-old Ocean Cleanup founder and CEO Boyan Slat in December. #marinelife #oceancleanup #cleanoceans #greatpacificgarbagepatch #pacificocean #sanfrancisco #nature #savetheoceans #india #tamil #kerala #maharashtra #cleanindia #telangana #odisha #kolkata #delhi #iim #upsc #sustainability #cleantheocean #savetheearth #bengaluru #swacchbharatabhiyan #modi #usa (at India) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0IMIPBptFz/?igshid=chlpkiav7tu

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Sue will be there. #sueandthenamies #livemusic #humboldtcounty #nowave #surfrock #punk #greatpacificgarbagepatch #zombie #zombiecookout #thesirenssongtavern (at The Great Pacific Garbage Patch) https://www.instagram.com/p/BymtZXJgVzm/?igshid=10nl0cra8ceut

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Love this from @thevortexswim We need to change from #singleuse plastic bottles to #reusable #waterbottles Have you made the switch? #therealbottlecapchallenge ・・・ THE REAL #BOTTLECAPCHALLENGE  While I swim in the middle of the #greatpacificgarbagepatch - more than 1000 miles from land - my crew is collecting over 1 microplastic piece every other second, and we spot an average of 1 floating debris every 3 minutes… every single day. Our real collective challenge is to rethink our relationship with plastic, and to stop using single use plastic! I’m challenging all of you to join the movement, be part of the solution! • • • #thevortexswim #movetonatural #plasticpollution#singleuseplastic #plasticfreejuly#myplasticfreejulychallenge #bottlechallenge#plasticfreeliving #citizenscience #oceanhealth#oceanconservation #breakfreefromplastic#sustainablechoices #expedition #stopsucking#4ocean #protectmarinelife #plasticfreeuae#plasticfreedubai #liquidoflifedxb (at Cape Town, Western Cape) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0XkfIeDlqm/?igshid=13k604g22wv6k