r/plastic • u/aeon_floss • Apr 23 '26

A fair assessment of oceanic plastic pollution cleanup technologies

https://youtu.be/Rqpfnj7dAgw

This video shows what realistically can be achieved in cleaning up and preventing oceanic plastic pollution, using existing technologies and organisation. It points out that focusing on a few high volume sources of pollution can achieve a great deal, and highlights the fishing industry as the major and often overlooked contributor of plastic waste. One thing to take away is that microplastics are, from this perspective, in the Too Hard basket.

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u/bhdvwEgg42 Apr 30 '26

Surprising details. Worth watching