The Ocean Cleanup moves into phase three to end the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

The new system extends 2,500 meters in length with the addition of an extra vessel
By Emmett Smith  on 
The Ocean Cleanup's rendering of the system 03 artificial coastline collecting trash in the North Pacific Ocean
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The Ocean Cleanup is developing its third phase in a mission to end the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The new phase, dubbed System 003, comes after the successful System 002 test and features computational modeling technology to predict garbage hotspots and a 2,500 meter artificial coastline designed to produce circulating currents.


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