The Ocean Cleanup begins cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch 

You’re actually kind of wrong in a way. In Sweden, our parliament just banned one-use forks,spoons and knives and have made it illegal and fineable to spit out chewing gum outside

@@elexx1568 *in the EU, not just sweden. Except the bubblegum part but that's pretty nice too

They'll have to do something eventually if we're to get this done. The video kind of understates the scale of the problem and gives the impression that this non-profit is going to make more than a dent.

@@elexx1568 I don't think that banning new trash is the same as actually removing already thrown one from the nature.

It's illegal to sell plastic bags here in Denmark, cloth and paper is fine.

I remember seeing him as well, years ago. I agree with you. Great to see progress.

People should respect Mother Nature. Stop nature abuse immediately otherwise your family after next five generations will not survive. Stop one time plastic packaging immediately. And stop producing dangerous chemicals which flowing into rivers and oceans and finally into your sea food. Carbon dioxide, plastic and chemicals are satanic.

@@yogeshgoel6268 there is nothing wrong with the way plastic is used, it’s the fact that it’s not disposed of properly

Everything is covered in plastic. Billions of items sold daily. Lots of chems go into making this. And nobody recycle it and again chems will be used. One time plastic packaging should be replaced or banned immediately.

@@yogeshgoel6268 agreed, but it is physically impossible for us to do that kind of jump, ebenW has a good point, nothing is wrong with how we used plastic, just how much we use that plastic and what happens to that plastic, it takes time for us to slowly get used to non-plastic.

I was thinking the same thing. I remember seeing this like 10-11 years ago. System 3 is going to be brilliant! Kudos to this guy! Now everyone should get Renewable energy to top off all of this awesomeness!!

At least we got it. Hope it inspires others now

You're absolutely right! It is great that it's happening now!

Mrbeast and Mark Rober are also doing something which is nice

@@ynnalyl6195 there are more content creators *involved

We need to stop pollution at the source - A large amount is from developing areas with poor waste management - Also shipping companies dropping entire containers and not being held accountable due to international waters is a source If we addressed both of these problems with stronger international shipping accountability laws and just by assisting developing areas out of poverty so they can afford the waste management systems we take for granted while we reduce the cost of entry to waste management systems with new concepts and ideas, we would solve the problem by pushing ocean pollution into the net negatives.

It's a start, which is better than continuing to do nothing.

@@mikes5637 right but my point is, don't be overly impressed by this because while yes, it is a start, it's nowhere near enough, and we're currently Waaaaaay past the point where just starting is forgivable Essentially what your saying is be impressed with someone who cramms the night before an exam because, hey at least its something. Except its not an exam, its the literal fate of all life on earth

@@namanish450 absolutley agree 100%, Furthermore, developed countries like America, and EU countries need to begin to invest in the climate infrastructure of 3rd world countries with poor climate infrastructure like Indonesia, which will continue to be the worst affeected

@@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989 Starting is forgivable?? What? This doesn't make any sense. We're impressed by this because he's actually is doing something. He's putting it into action versus for decades nobody did anything. You understand this right?? There's nothing to forgive. He's not responsible for the plastic in the ocean, but he still choose to take action. His execution is what is impressive. What's not impressive is all you keyboard critics dismissing this effort as "not enough" while doing nothing about it.

Great! Metal containers and Aluminium cans are even better as they are indefinetely recyclable compared to reusable plastic which usually can't be recycled beyond 2 or 3 times.

Boyan Slat made this whole story up.

@@user-zm1ft3ob7t what does that even mean?

@@xxn00bslayerxxm72 doesn't matter, he's one of those idiots who only cares about their political party and politics.

Yeah, it really was a surprise to see this progress. But I never believed that his automated version would be possible anywhere soon. Good to see that a less high-tech version is still viable. Why didn't anyone else come up with something simple like that before?

@@CD-kg9by same reason plastic manufacturers created a logo that imitates the recycling logo. Money baby, money. ♻️

We need a international prize with the prestige of a Nobel, for contributions to improving and protecting the environment.

All counties should pay for this

They still have lots of problems with their technology though

@@neonice baby step to something greater is always shakey, so yea we do with what we got It's sad the countries who dump stuff doesn't care

I mean most of us are this passionate, they just managed to get the funding.

I love your optimism but I'm afraid this is only 0.0001% (approx) of what needs to happen before our planet is clean again.

@@venezzrok-fz1du then we just need 10k teams like this, we're 7 billions on the planet, we should be able to do it

Everytime I hear of these Ocean clean up guys, I am reminded of Mr Trash Wheel in Baltimore, who cleans up ten times as much as they do at a fraction of the resources expended.

Great to see people who care about wildlife

fishy in the ocean won't get killed by plastic. Also could you show us how to make a mini indoor pond?

I hope humanity will find something better than plastic. I mean all that money big corporations have, cant they come up with something? Its 2021.

What’s up Paul!!!

I just hope all the recycled plastic doesn't wind up in the ocean again.

We live in a society where money is the top priority/motivator. It takes someone not built into the normal mold to want to make a change and have the ability to enact it.

Tell this to the India and 3rd world countries that throw their garbage out in a rivers and oceans

@@makiisbro they will understand the gravity of their delusion soon

@@johngoldsworthy7135 don't think so

We? What have you done to help? I bet everything you buy, and consume comes inside a plastic container, and you make no efforts to help clean up plastic waste. Nor are you aware that the US and msot western nations export their "recycling" to India, where an insane amount is left inland in huge piles and gets blown off the land into the oceans anyway. What have *you* done to change this?

This company should firstly stop trash dumping which is coming from earth side cities,and villages etc.

Yeah, I don't see the CCP signing up on this.

isn't that earth day?

@@asfire0756 there is another company (forgot what they are called) that is stopping trash in the rivers from going into the ocean (btw, around 90% of the trash in the ocean is coming from rivers).

@DON'T I read it >.

He deserves a special Nobel Prize

@@senesterium agreed

What about mr Beast🤔

نعم يستحق .. وفي نفس الوقت يستغلها في تدوير البلاستيك والالمنيوم والحديد . 🌍

@@jordanteaa4171 You need to take your mumbo jumbo somewhere else yo-yo!

So let's get this straight....we are cleaning up plastics to create more plastic waste that will end back up in the same spot...👏👏👏😆🤣😂👏👏👏

@@-Nathan87- Better than just adding more and more I geuss.

Yay, we can feel good about our productionist political economy again! Time to go back to consuming in extreme excess!

@@-Nathan87- not necessarily. It would take a longer time to create those plastics as uses then thrown out and reached the exact location then it would be to clean them out. Not to mention that the most of actual pollution is cause by countries with problematic waste management. And the sunglasses or plastic that it's being distributed to isn't in those places. Nor do we have any idea just yet what it's effect is in the long run. Plus the fact that those pollution were there from years and years of build up not a single day. Or the availability that they can set up better waste management ideas now with the plastics out.

@@-Nathan87- pay attention in school tomorrow

Tbh the news only wants to make more money on things that they think people would view like politics,crime and they probably don’t think climate change and trash in the ocean is as important as politics 🤦🏻‍♀️

Maybe it's not on the news in the USA but it is all over the world.

News want to promote negative things as I've heard it attracts people more, it seems. So many good things have happened the past decades apparently, bit sadlu only few get to know them.

@@superpug3514 At this rate it's gonna be bad for humans because of our pollution etc

Also LETS GO BRANDON! Lefty in 1 2 3......

How to join the initiative? 😍😍

@@muhammadhakeem5035 donate to teamseas, mrbeast’s campaign

@@muhammadhakeem5035 be careful if it’s a scam though

Jesus loves you ! :)

I couldn't have said it better

Sure this makes sense. This is about cleaning up an existing mess. The climate change/ green energy crowd is about preventing further mess to be created. In the long run preventing extra mess from being released is more productive approach.

@@vierwerfvierwerf2470 It's not more productive. It's equally productive. Preventing new garbage from entering a full garbage can doesn't really matter if the garbage can is still full.

@@vierwerfvierwerf2470 But does it have to look like one of those birth control things.

I mean they kinda appeared at 7:11

@@ElizabethXVIII Definitely not explicit though, which I'm surprised about

"Education" is so stupid. These people or their children will just make the same mistakes again. Those people never learn. Better build an autonomous robot to clean up their trash because no amount of education will stop those people from polluting the world. They're dead set on that that's their life mission. Have to carry some guards on the boat too to detain anyone who tries to mess with the machine and put a net at the entrance of the river going to the sea. Solve the problem by the root. Education means nothing to those people

7:11 look at them. It's always the same people in those countries

@@jasonlee7928 Then why even bother trying to “educate” people about this topic and just ignore it? By your own logic you aren’t making a permanent change on society

Big shoutout to all ship crews for cleaning up the oceans! -An European

@@_Ekron_ Yes, of course! So glad that there are people doing this.

They would have oxygen tanks though but yeah good on them it’d be nerve racking

This comment is Icy 🥶

In my opinion it is all too late now?😢

I am from Alaska and fish is our life. This is great, I love it. Lord bless them.

The care goes way beyond just fish... More like the love of everyone and everything that ever exhisted or ever will... All life and all matter... But yes, I do know what you mean about the fish...

The only thing I wonder about now is how much fuel those boats used and how much gases they have emited

@@dildo_vaggins well, probably as much as tug boats, considering they were going slow. and i mean... it's only like 30 ships coming out for a few month every 5 years, it's nothing compared to anything else, one big commercial boat probably emits more than that in a year. but yeah, i thought about that too

I remember when I had my first beer

@Darkfarfetch an India citizen here. Yesterday in our ports the ship landed here. Yes they were offloading the trashes but who know where itll be taken to 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@Darkfarfetch well how do you know what they're gonna do with it? Most of the trash in the oceans are plastics because they are long lasting. Those aren't hard to recycle

cough cough mrbeast cough

They're not the first.

@@haninditabudhi6574 That's important to know isn't it. What happens to the trash collection.

Not to argue semantics, but its not actually a literal island of trash Thats a big misconception most people have, not completely their fault, as it is portrayed that way. Its actually just a bunch of plastic microbes, sometimes it can clump up and have that appearance, but the real problem is the microbes spread through the Pacific, which are invisible to the human eye, but a real problem nonetheless

@@podomuss Yeah, I absolutely hate how some alarmists describe this area in the ocean. It's good to clean up, of course, buts its not actually a large garbage island that's the size of Texas and you can't sea the ocean below it. imagine how disrupted the currents would be if that were the case. In fact I'd bet it'd cool the ocean slightly by blocking so much sun. Anyway, yeah I'm not arguing against cleaning plastic out of the ocean at all but lets not exaggerate.

When even the troll account gets real about it

There are like five islands of trash all over the ocean. This is just one of them. They won’t tell you that though lol. When they’ve cleaned this one everyone will think it’s all done and dusted.

@@Bubble170 They're not islands...

I imagine in reality your teachers didnt know what they were talking about. Which seems familiar.

@@TheAdvencherContinues2022 yeah, I'm a native french speaker and when I hear people around the world explaining what they learn in french classes amaze me what bs they learn

this is mindblowing

History will only truly change when it starts at home. We all are the contribution to our wrong doings, we are all responsible of all of this

This is not the turning point though. We have to stop corporations from polluting like this.

Who is Boyan bro

@@YaBoyfelipe The kid who started with nothing but an idea, and has done more to clean up the ocean than any government action, ever.

@@Twizter68 I remember him discussing this about 5+ years ago; good to see it's now happening for real.

@@nafs53 I remember him showing models he made at uni with his buddies. he has com a long long way

Until a scandal comes out that he abused some young girl. The longer someone is in power, there’s always some young girl that will come out with a sexual assault story. This is Moores Law.

Loool piss off 6 months ago you didn't care 12 months ago you also didn't care I would bet a month ago you didn't care

wow mrbeast is a big supporter of it

@@nickjeffrey8050 ????

@@nickjeffrey8050 bro.... chill. we all want the oceans clean. dont act all tough because you heard about the garbage patch a year ago.

@@nickjeffrey8050 exactly

Considering how simple the tech behind this is (compared to many other things we have made), it makes me lose belief on the world governments... They could easily have done something like this even years ago

@@user-jc8zm6ef8p People are forgetting how big all the oceans are. harvesting like a 500km x 500km area is literally nothing. You can get awesome pictures with SHITtons of trash harvested , but it's literally "a drop in the ocean." what they have harvested.

@@juhaniu6371 you need to start somewhere!

I think the sheer volume of trash in the ocean is an excellent testament to exactly what humans are capable of

@@juhaniu6371 a drop is better than nothing at this point . Any type of garbage cleanup is what we need, even if it moves us 1% at a time

He was a nominee in 2019 but Greta Thunberg won it instead

​@@PkFrBrad97 I guess words speak louder than actions. The truth is that the rich can't see the garbage patch from their coastal yachts, but they are afraid of their coastal property flooding over.

Noble prize nomination...

You do realize that all this trash will then be shipped to africa right?

@@PkFrBrad97 ugh enough of that kid already, have never seen her do anything than just vent out and she took a private jet to reach one climate summit recently so not exactly the activist she wants to be seen like.

Exactly! I see a lot of comments saying this is a waste of resources and time. But at least they are coming up with a solution and doing something about it.

The first time I heard about him was in a reading exercise of my English textbook back then lmao

@@Agent_B0771E lol

Repent to Jesus Christ! “Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” ‭‭Psalms‬ ‭42:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬ F

I don't believe him anymore. I follow this project from the beginning and all they did to this day is made a lot of promises, and collected millions and millions of donations. Year after year. Think about it. All they have is two big ships pulling a big net. And they are giving more promises with no results. I hate to be a pessimistic about this but to me this looks like a scam.

@@jesusislord6545 No one cares

Oh yess, because being nominated by a useless magazine makes you a better or a worse person. We respect him with or without that nominalization

Mainstream attention is incredibly important you need the boomers

@@ginger9176 exactly. Damn boomers

he does more than greta! all she does is complain

@@3.14name being nominated by the magazine/ getting put in the magazine means more attention toward him and the ocean cleanup team. This means more people out there will know of this and possibly donate.

@KINDLY HELP ME REACH TO 100K SUB no

@@PedroRPFerraz as they should!

Hope you have been supporting financially too

@@No_nosay I wanted to, but I'm financially dependent on others

I've heard about it a couple times,only a couple, now that it's taking off,people need to know,"everywhere"!!! So people get it!

U.S can't afford ships to help All their naval buget was spent os warships to play battleship and wargames.

@@VJK102 Those are fishing vessels they're using, not Navy ships. They're privately owned. Good try politicizing and trying to sow division for an organization we should all be supporting.

If anything I would be surprised to see any US involvment in things like these, as the number 2 polluter in the world and the source for most of the waste now removed it quite clearly don't care.

Yeah that is kinda jokes that Canada gotta clean up the mess in the USA. Not saying that garbage isn’t from Canada just saying it’s funny the US wouldn’t help with the plastic so close to Hawaii

So....why can't we work on pushing for legislation that will stop plastic production for certain products. If we just keep cleaning it up, it will continue to find its way into the waterways and our bodies. We need to stop using plastic for much of our production if we really want to see a change. But people have gotten too comfortable with the ease of their lives to want that. And using the plastic to make something that will end up on a landfill is not a perfect fix, but I guess it's better than having it in the ocean....🤷‍♀️

If you didn’t get an A, I would go back and show them this!

it isnt narrowing down: its still expanding, just at a slower rate.

Never let someone tell you your dreams are too big!

Your science teacher should be fired

@@tjbaileymusic his science teacher was right 🤣

elon needs to toss a small loan

That’s the problem, most CEOs of foreign companies don’t get media coverage.

Teamseas Mark Rober and Beast

Ganap na Sumasang-ayon ako

Tama yon

It's probably because TeamSea. Seems like youtube is doing their part, too.

@ConfusedOilPainter Each great thing has humble beginnings. Give it a few years, and this'll have a massive impact on the ocean

@ConfusedOilPainter It's a good proof-of-concept. Looking forward to mass deployment of an improved version.

@ConfusedOilPainter it's a great start and if it was too big the amount of problems would be endless. The only probl I see is CO2 emissions of the renewed plastic. What there doing is a good start and you should be hopeful for the future just think about everthing It could do

It's because of Mr Beast.

It’s corporate greenwashing. Fundamentally unserious.

@@silverXnoise ok buddy 👍

@@silverXnoise Its sad you think this way

@@avixs1543 Rationally?

@@avixs1543 Oh, look! I was wrong! They _did_ it! All the problems with plastics are *solved* and it’s all because _you believed_ in them and their DIESEL SAVIOR! Now all the dolphins and sea turtles are waving their flippers, not at all choking on plastic straws! Is this better? Does this make you feel better?

We only care about the ocean because we farm the wildlife that inhabit it

@@tylercheek8888 your not entirely wrong, but there still are some good people in the world that don't want millions of ocean species to go extinct. The fish is important for many communities and countries, and it would be very bad if they disappeared, but it's not the only reason.

Haha

What happens if the net catches the fishes ?

@@avanikaprwan9351 it was explained in the video, there is a hole in the center of it so all fish have to do to escape is swim down.

Lol

It’s so sad cause people think this does something.

@@arturintete2461 it so sad watching that in this world,that some people wants their "home" to be a bad place

Watch seaspiracy trash isn’t the biggest problem in the ocean

Hopefully the millions of gallons of fossil fuels that will be used to clean this trash wont just outweigh the impact the actual trash has on the ecosystem.

Started paying attention to YOUR MOM almost a decade ago. It feels great to see it finally evolve into something larger! MARRIAGE!

@@mrdu3s41 HAHAHAHAHAHA very original

@@mrdu3s41 And here we have that one teen who only clicked on this video cause they have to last minute finish an essay about ecological waste but have no idea in the slightest what the topic is even about.

3000 trips is easily achievable. this man is a saint.

Reminds me of SpaceX in some ways, I remember when I was younger hearing about all these plans Musk had for it and them seeming like pipe dreams and now they’re undeniably at the forefront of rocketry. Similar feel here, though better in a few ways considering how purely altruistic this cause is/has been from the outset.

I was just sad to see that the autonomous system 1 version didnt work out. They would be able to send so much more of these things if they didnt need to pay crew members and gas fee for the boats etc. Literally could send hundreds... hopefully some genius can improve on the idea of system 1 cause if they can it would revolutionize this system even more

U would think governments would pay for more of these

Microplastic is even bigger issue But is smthing being done at least

Yeah, destroying the habitat of all the fish.

Except that it's not possible for this to be self-supporting while running 2 huge boats with lots of sailors. Get the drone ships working, and it will run.

we cant recycle plastic lmao

@@XXXTentaclez and we sadly can’t recycle the brain tissue that you waste by saying this

@@extro523 oh you thought I was being political, sorry if I came off that way. But yeah, less than 10 percent of plastic is able to be recycled sadly.

@@extro523 Oooh I see your point. I brought up recycling, when the video is about cleaning out the plastic.

@@XXXTentaclez Doesn't mean we should do nothing about it

Yeah

Are you being ironic?

Most of the more severe illnesses happen to people by surprise, unexpectantly, impacting first in the brain, then in the corresponding organ which that part of the brain controls. The end of WWI had absolutely everything to do with the Flu and lung TB outbreak that occurred killing millions. In nature, the biological conflict linked with a territorial fear (just what it means-a fear in your territory, your home, your community, etc.) is a widening of the bronchia (tissue loss). Your body attempts to widen your bronchia in order to allow more air into your lungs to give you more strength and energy to fight to keep your territory safe. Stay with me.......The biological conflict linked with a death fright impacts the lungs. The lungs attempt to grow larger in order to allow more air in because breath equals life, as we all know. No breath equals death. While you are in the fear or death fright conflict, you notice no symptoms of “disease”, except you have cold hands, cold feet, you can’t sleep, you awaken at 3 AM every night, you have little appetite. During the WW1, millions of people were in fear of the bombing of their homes and cities where the war was most active. Fearing for their lives, their loved ones in the war, their ability to survive. The food in the stores was sparse due to shortages. This lasted for 4 long years! The longer the conflict, the worse the healing phase. Within 2 weeks of the German Chancellor announcing the end of WWI, these millions of people ALL went into the healing phase all at the same time. It is during the healing phase that you experience symptoms of illness! What is the healing phase of the bronchia widening? Severe bronchitis, pneumonia. The body attempts to refill this lost tissue and you experience inflammation, fever, coughing, body aches, fatigue, etc. What is the healing phase of the extra lung tissue that grew? Decomposing of the tissue by TB bacteria and fungi. The symptoms of this healing phase are: severe coughing up of blood and tissue, fever, inflammation, severe mucous, body aches, fatigue. During this decomposing of the extra tissue (tumor), the body expels a lot of protein, and without replenishment, severe protein loss can result in death. Antibiotics did not exist yet. If TB bacteria does not exist in a person or they have been vaccinated against TB (big mistake), then the tumor will simply encapsulate and become dormant and not harm you. Who died during the Spanish Flu? Mainly the poor who could not afford to buy meat and proper nourishment, and the people who were directly impacted by the bombings and destruction of their homes. Millions of people suffered fear and death frights during the fighting of WWI, and millions of people all went into healing at the end of it. Not everyone was affected because not everyone suffered the same way. It’s not a “flu”, it’s not something you “catch”. You do not “catch” disease from others. A lie told for 100 years never becomes the truth. It’s biological, meaningful, and unavoidable. One hundred years later, a Fear Campaign begins, using the media to spread it......

What other planet

How about we ban Asian countries from using plastic because they're the ones dumping it in the ocean

@@finigan3520 I'm Asian, but I agree with you. Sometimes I believe global intervention is necessary to shame and finally stop my country and its neighbors regarding our use of single use plastic 😭

@@finigan3520 so how would you achieve that? give them funding to create a much more better garbage disposal system?

@@finigan3520 🙄

@@finigan3520 united states of america is the number 2 polluter in the world. it needs to be global not just asia for anything to happen,

Japan is prepared to dump BILLIONS of Gallons of Radioactive Waste Water into the Pacific Ocean. Perhaps Trillions. The plastics need to be taken out because the radioactive material will cling to the plastics, spreading it everywhere - nothing nice about what these governments are doing. Nothing at all.

This project is using a ton of petrol fuels to retrieve a very small percentage of ocean plastics. This project is designed to make you feel good about consuming, which is all the oligarch;s care about. But hey, don't worry about this planet, keep consuming, we're going to clean the oceans and mine resources from outer space, says propagandist like Elon Musk. Unfortunately, psychopaths control our so called Democracy and write our policies. The only thing you can do to help the planet is consume less. Period.

@@simrdownmon6431 "Do you see the problems in your country, AND know how to fix them? Well you've come to right place..." youtube: The Rules for Rulers

Too bad all the "presidents" of the world, are simply NWO puppets, sadly!!!

@@rifz42 No no, the only one's who know how to fix our problems are the ones who speak to us via the Mainstream Media. Keep listening to them and all our problems will disappear.

Wize up!

This man speaks truth

Yes. Now the next step is to prevent and not just cure. But God knows how much time it will take to make plastic unpopular.

@@kubadzejkob332 it won't ever it is cheap and breaks easily so it is a win situation

Goku claps Saitama

Same :)

this wont help the world lol

@@JesusChrist-ip7vm Cleaning up the oceans won’t help? Ok thanks for letting me know.

@@JesusChrist-ip7vm it will

@@JesusChrist-ip7vm serah lu dah

That’s really cool! Keep it up

Keep dreaming your not going to change the world

@@warrengreen3217 maybe not all of it, but it changes something, if not a small percentage

@@warrengreen3217 that’s exactly what all of us are doing. Dreaming of a better future… a better world. Unlike you we act on our dreams and are trying our best to help this world survive for the next generation.

@@pirateofthepacific9687 your the king of snowflakes

Yeah. And that's bad. But there is a reality to this where most of the plastic comes from the nets from fishing industries. So I really wonder how we'll deal with that. I know there are worms that eat through plastic and there are labs working on substances that degrade plastic faster. So... A lot of interesting things happening.

That is very courageous of you. Can you believe they are starting to dumb garbage in space??? Which wont just float away, because of Earth's gravity. It sounds like a super fun job, where do I sign up.

So this is a bunch of white guys hugging each other? Meanwhile most of the plastics comes down Far-East countries rivers, and Chinese ships.

What’s sad is nobody is talking about how the majority of trash sinks 🤦‍♂️

it’s too late any how.. microplastics pollute our world now

Me too ❤

Zoomer

TEAM SEAS ON TOP

@@SamCyanide wdym?! Team seas is awesome!!

What are they doing with the garbage?

this is what the NWO wants you to think

Simple the " Owners " dont want people behind anything that just improves living conditions for the average person they only want to know how they can get richer . The late great philosophizer George Carlin said it best " ITS A BIG CLUB AND YOU AND I AIN"T IN IT"

@@trevorlee7945 cnet is part of the NWO propaganda machine, dont get confused. Ecologism will be next boot on your throat

@@TheEdudo What is NWO? Or is it just an acronym you made up.

It's literally been the headlines for weeks

U realize ppl are dumping as they clean it’s never ending

@@Defffunnystuff it's better than ignoring the issue altogether

Some obvious improvements - 1.) Build a plastic processing centre on a floating barge so that the boats don't need to go to the mainland so often. 2.) build a floating solar array near the garbage patch. 3.) Change the boats to use battery power. - so instead of burning diesel for hundreds of miles to bring in a tiny bit of garbage everything can be done at source. - At the moment, this is a bit of snake oil. - I am sure they are burning huge amounts of diesel.

@@Defffunnystuff bro it doesent matter sooner or later the water will be really clean!!

@@Defffunnystuff no one is disputing that, that is obvious. But as we clean, the point is to get better at disposing of it in the first place.

What city are you from?

;) Good luck I rick myself am telling you do it people will for sure make meme out of you but remmeber the meme god rick himself has told you to do that :B

Good luck...!! I started collecting trash of all kind in my scuba and snorkeling trips, some told me I was nuts and that I would never end, so I told them to start helping or shut up... now same guys do the same thing I do and we finally start to see a change, 15 years later.... Greetings from Cancún, México.

People dont need to do much. An hour a week just walking around your local community can do a lot. Back when I was in highschool, going back a few decades now, I would help my science professors who, like myself, are members of Wires, WWF, Greenpeace, Sea Sheppard, etc to clean up the waste and stop it getting into the lakes. I would also get with others and walk the foreshore cleaning up trash. Now, I do what I can to enforce environmentally sustainable policies and procedures where possible in the military environment.

@QuagmireFeels If you have any spare car batteries you know where to dispose them, correct?

Exactly! I was like waiiiit .... I have heard of this guy before, but he was so far down in my passive memory that it must have been years since I heard about this guy. Unfortunately with most of these people it seems to end up as a "brilliant and potentially revolutionary idea" but doesnt really go anywhere for whatever reason, maybe because it turns out to not be feasible in practice and then you totally forget about it and these people get forgotten. But now, one of them has made it back to the mainstream conversation. And it happens to be Boyan Slat.

And it’s getting a 15 million dollar donation from mr beast now

Two years ago I wrote a research paper on this in my first year of college and tried to replicate this using cheap stuff , and failed . Anyways it's fun to know it's working amazingly .

Ya I seen a long video about this in school

@@IrrIdk no.

@@yoda8569 yes. Yes it is.

I suppose that’s pretty much the whole point

@@interstate80. dude I’m talking about the open bottom so the fish could escape, not the trash

@@moonrox4481 XD

@Tj Semeniuk nice👍