World’s largest floating plastic cleaner starts pulling trash from Pacific Ocean 🌊♻️ Cleaning the Pacific Ocean once sounded impossible...until this massive project proved otherwise. Dutch engineers have built a floating cleanup system designed to collect plastic drifting across open water. The long barrier slowly moves with currents, guiding trash toward a central point. There, workers collect it for sorting and recycling, turning ocean waste into something manageable. The focus is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where currents trap plastic for decades. Scientists say trillions of plastic pieces swirl there, much of it old fishing gear. Over time, large plastic breaks into microplastic, which spreads everywhere. Removing big debris early helps protect sea animals from entanglement and from eating plastic by mistake. This cleanup is not simple or perfect. Tiny ocean creatures live near the surface, so teams constantly redesign the system to reduce harm. Careful monitoring guides every adjustment. Combined with river barriers that stop trash earlier, this effort gives the ocean a real chance to heal. Can technology truly keep up with human pollution? #facebookrepost #anonymous #fblifestyle #community #oceancleanup #plasticpollution #marineprotection #environment References: The Ocean Cleanup: Cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch National Geographic: The Scale of Plastic Pollution in the Pacific NOAA: What Is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch BBC News: Can Engineering Help Clean the Ocean