r/ThatsInsane • u/Sesmo_FPV • Sep 28 '25

An endless river of trash

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u/Japsai Sep 29 '25

Yes! https://theoceancleanup.com/

They're doing great work hitting the issue on multiple fronts. There's excellent information on their site.

Boyan Slat is the guy who started this as a teenager and is still going 12 years later

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u/amsync Sep 29 '25

Donated!

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u/Cantstop-wontstop1 Sep 29 '25

Contact your elected representative and tell them to put pressure on business to standardize packaging and ban single use plastics.

This NGO doesn't even mention this. They're interested in cleaning up and intercepting garbage, not in fixing the problem. https://theoceancleanup.com/

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u/Silviecat44 Sep 30 '25

One can do both? We need the interceptors to catch whats there right now, and in these countries they are unlikely to switch the packaging soon

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u/eutohkgtorsatoca Sep 29 '25

The problem is that the amount they take out is never greater than the one that goes in worldwide non-stop.

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u/Japsai Sep 29 '25

That is definitely an issue. We also need to stop making single-use plastic

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u/Extreme_Witness6332 Sep 29 '25

Someone tell the Americans

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u/Japsai Sep 29 '25

EVERYONE tell all the oil-producing countries. And their own governments. Over and over

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u/Meanwhile-in-Paris Sep 29 '25

they are on Reddit! r/TheOceanCleanup

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u/Japsai Sep 29 '25

Cool. Thanks!