Ocean cleanup group removes record 25,000 pounds of trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch in one extraction
Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental engineering organization, saw its largest extraction earlier this month by removing about 25,000 pounds of trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Alex Tobin, head of public relations and media for the organization, told ABC News. MORE: US produced more plastic waste in 1 year than any other country on Earth: Study The vessels are currently on the way back to port in Victoria, British Columbia, after having collected about 50 tons of garbage in four weeks, Tobin said. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous pile of floating trash carried by ocean currents and winds to the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California, is the largest of the world's five ocean garbage patches. Tens of thousands of pounds...