Seven or so years ago a non-profit group known as The Ocean Cleanup launched System 001 (aka Wilson) into the Pacific Ocean to begin cleanup on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a high-concentration 'soup' of plastic between Hawaii and the Western Coast of the United States.
Initial results were - by their own description - promising, though they did have some "unscheduled learning opportunities" leading to the creation of System 001/B then on to System 002 (aka Jenny).
That went out and eventually lead to System 003 which looks like it went out in 2023.
And it looks like they're cleaning the patch bit by bit.
They're also using their Interceptor to try and prevent more plastic from reaching the oceans. They are also paying attention to their impacts on the marine life that is impacted by - and sometimes depends on - the plastics in the ocean.
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