Transition to System 03: Our Blueprint for Scale-Up | Cleaning Oceans | The Ocean Cleanup 

This company actually meets promises.

@@bobbysworld281995 and so do space x

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Yes!!

We need to send China the bill for a third of this...

@Rob Phillips It doesn't seem very inspiring to me. How much does it cost to run 2 big ships like that? How much does it cost to extract 1 tonne of plastic from the ocean in this way? How do they expect to transport the plastic from this net that's in the middle of the ocean, to harbor? More importantly, what do they expect to do with this plastic once its been collected? This question is even more changeling for the 'river interceptors' which are located in 3rd world countries with no infrastructure to handle waste, hence the plastic is dumped in the river in the first place. They have not given good answers to this vital question. According to their websites FAQ; "We want to give the plastic collected from the ocean a new life. Our plan is to work with partners to recycle the plastic and transform it into durable plastic products. By recycling the collected ocean plastic into useful products that are made with certified plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, we aim to make the cleanup operational costs, to a large extent, financially self-sustainable." This this pipedream idea of recycling collected plastic is not feasible. It's already incredibly uneconomical to collect plastic from the ocean due to the low quantity of plastic per ocean water filtered through. You then need to transport that plastic all the way to a port, then it must be sorted and processed before it's even begun to be recycled. We can't even recycle plastic using the highly organized and centralized source in the form of garbage collection system. The fact that the Ocean Cleanup company believes recycling is at all doable in the near or midterm future does not make them seem credible. The same issue is seen with their 'river interceptors'. Though these are a far more sensible way of collecting the plastic (more density of plastic in the water, not as harsh operating conditions, far easier to access maintenance), they still have the issue of dealing with the collected waste. The floating debris in rivers is not just plastic, its a mixture of plastic, and dead biological matter like twigs etc. In order for the plastic collected by an interceptor, it must be sorted out from the biological material, and then transported to a facility for further sorting and recycling. These facilities are not going to be close to the interceptors. This means you are going to have a very hard to time transporting this waste material, much like ocean based system. Not only do they think recycling collected river and ocean debris is at all practical, but they think it could even be economical. "we aim to make the cleanup operational costs, to a large extent, financially self-sustainable." Once again, recycling using plastic from waste collection is not economical, and it has none of the collection and transportation challenges that the Ocean Cleanup faces. This is nonsensical. I think a much more practical and honest solution to dealing with the waste material collected, is to incinerate it. Even a dirty incineration system would prevent the plastic from strangling a seal or trapping a fish in bottle. And of course, even with all of this practical issues addressed, we still have the problem of economics. Besides people donating to them charitably, and corporations funding them so they fulfill their ESG requirements, I can't see how they are going to get enough money to do this on a meaningful scale.

@@joeblogs6598 As you’ll hopefully learn in life: everything is a pipe dream, until it isn’t. Have to start somewhere, and figure it out as you go. No one knows the entire solution to every downstream problem at the beginning. That’s what makes this inspiring: the fortitude to keep going and solve an incredibly important and challenging problem, even (and especially) amidst criticism.

@@iwasrobbed It's all well and good saying that, but they still havent addressed the great issue of what they will do with the waste they collect. The fact that they are claiming to recycle it seems to show that they have no idea what to do with it. If they were honest they would tell us of this predicament, and more importantly focus the majority of their efforts in finding a practical solution to the problem, e.g. burning it.

​@@iwasrobbed 100% agree on this, humans should be part of the solution, not the problem. They are trying to solve a very big issue, and they are learning has they go.

@@joeblogs6598 I would much rather see them try and fail then see nothing be done at all.

That's just not true. Plastic isn't harmful for animals. No more than sand is. Nets, on the other hand? Super dangerous for animals.

@@LarsLarsen77 trolling?

@@LarsLarsen77 Hey everyone, we found the one who has no understanding of basic conservation and, in their ignorance, considers themselves experts!

@@zohandvir9606 trawling? ;)

I wonder how much life is killed in the cleaning of this plastic. Also lots of life live around plastic for some reason. Also before plastic we use gords with bees wax inside for a water bottle or we used glass or animal insides.

Why would anyone be against this? They must be some fake nature admirers and lovers for sure.

There are always "some" scientists against the conscensus.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup where did you get that stat from`?

@@TheEnabledDisabled Easy to google...most has sank already,,,better to stop in rivers first.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup thats what they doing, and they cant do much or anything against the plastic in the ground without huge risk doing further damage to the reefs and sealife

How does one donate to them??

try Patrick Moore the great pacific garbage patch, his favorite topic. The founder of Green peace.

they are doing amazing

Boyan is still young! Just not as young.

Doesn't matter, CO2 is not a pollutant, the whole climate thing is a communist scam. What they're doing is addressing real pollution, which should not be stopped by concerns for fake pollution.

Yeah! So Happy Proud of these amazing people...makes my eyes wet ~ lol

Plastic doesn't harm wildlife.

@@LarsLarsen77 lol. Lol. Loooooll

They are actually doing a lot on the rivers now. The videos of the interceptors they are using on rivers are fantastic. I'm obsessed with The Ocean Cleanup

I would suggest the other way round - focus on the rivers and then deal with the ocean after…55 tonnes is nothing compared with what could be done with the worst rivers. But the Ocean is sort of the figurehead of this project…it’s in the name right!

They, and other organizations are already working on catching garbage in rivers.

To mention or add to the river comment is there live cams. They may help bring awareness and funding.

@@mmchrisp I used to think likewise. However I’ve come to realize that both should be undertaken at the same time. The huge benefit of tackling the ocean side of the problem is its ability to gather public interest (hence funding) because of the obvious sharing of the oceans between countries. Whereas the issue of the great polluting rivers is often dismissed it as a scandalous but *local* issue under the responsibility of one specific country.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup could be just the cost of maintaining a live feed in high quality, also the death of a few animals is worth it, since plasric itself is casuing the slow death of whole ecosystems

@@TheEnabledDisabled I agree,,, a few deaths for the better of all marine life,,,but they will never show the kill off. Bad for investors.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup No, but they have mentioned many tims that animals do get caught, many sick or dead

@@TropicalOceanCleanup because they wanna spend all th money on cleaning up the ocean, they most liekly are worried that if they start focusing on their social medias, that they might lose their goal, you can use your argument against any company or business. Why cant people be happy for once that someone is finally fixing a big problem that our ancestors created, why not question where the pllastic goes, and how they prevent it from going back?

There's a small group of people - many of whom have a professional interest in seeing ocean plastic as an insoluble problem - who want to see TOC fail. They try to attack the project by imposing fake criteria. For example they complain if the project has even a minimal impact on wildlife, uses fuel, takes government money, or takes private money from the "wrong" sources. For years, they ranted about how TOC was distracting from the "real problem," of river waste. Then TOC announced the Interceptor project to catch river waste. At that point, did they express any gratitude or support? No way.

@@TropicalOceanCleanup It was not so much money, 70 €, but it helped to get the first 1 Million in the very first beginning.

Absolutely. 27 years at sea and done alot of things. Fishing and towboat mostly. The oceans and rivers present variables most have no idea about. They are living breathing things, awesome to watch these guys do this in real time.

Why wait? I'm sure you could visit their website and submit yourself as a candidate for any number of jobs they have currently open.

I never understand why people keep on thinking the only way to help is to join this project. Why not go outside and pick up plastics on the streets, canals, rivers etc? Like me and millions are doing.

You can actually go to LinkedIn an see all the work possitions they have open.

@@BalboaBaggins I do that with my family every single time we are out on the river after we anchor the boat and enjoy the river. We clean up our garbage and walk 500 yards in both directions of the beach and fill up 2 garbage bags.

looks bogus, carefully selected make believe images, contradicts plastic's chemistry . Parallels Green Peace approach, looking for the great pacific trash patch, sorry garbage patch, long debunked. What are they going to do with the caught fish, dolphins hopelessly entangled in the net. 1.5 knots is about 3 m/sec Use all the right words : carbon neutral for the diesel engined trawler or is it electric, not a permitted question? How does plastic get caught in the wide net? not a permitted question . how is a dolphin freed from entanglement, or even discovered there, not permitted questions. How much diesel being used, well, you guessed it. Can a neutral observer be allowed to film independently, but of course after signing a no disclosure agreement, the profits? negotiable . The sponsor?

Me too 😊

honestly LA county should be paying for this... 100% cover the coast

Send them an email.

@@vincentloosfelt3969 why

@@aksaraylicelali So he could share his ideas with them :)

@@lucafenech269 I don't think they need those These are so expensive and un-tested so they may also be impractical

@@aksaraylicelali when youre working with inovation all ideas are usefull, i say go for an email if you want to

Yes! It is great work! 🐠🌏🌍🌎

Richtig geile Idee!

Just see the other videos, they have a lot of different solutions to rivers, ranging from Central America & Caribbean to Southeast Asia.

@@joaoleal2380 They weren't that succesful. And I'm not bashing them, just wondering how much effort they give to rivers compared to oceans.

I'm guessing it's easier to tackle the problem that exists in international waters than it is to strike up effective partnerships and programs with the individual countries that have the polluted rivers. Also I think if you get the problem under control in the ocean then you can move inwards and be more successful in ensuring the Garbage patch does not return to its full size again. Just my opinion though.

@@dylanmcgrath1716 @Passer7by ​ The only unsuccessful one is the Guatemalan trash fence, a work in progress. Interceptors in Viet Nam, Malaysia, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic are operational - and the Ocean Cleanup is working with local stakeholders, from municipalities to nationwide foundations.

@@dylanmcgrath1716 Rivers fuel the problem of garbage in ocean. So it's crucial to deal with it. And yeah, it's for sure harder to tackle.