57K views · 5.6K reactions | According to our projections, we expect to be able to clean the entire Great Pacific Garbage Patch (containing 100,000,000kg of plastic) using ten systems based on System 03. This animated video shows our vision of this future: | The Ocean Cleanup | Facebook

110K views · 2.8K reactions | We throw eight million tons of plastic into the oceans every year. A lot of it washes up on one tiny Pacific island - and the damage it does to fish and birds could soon be replicated in humans: cnn.com/plasticisland | CNN International | Facebook

The Dutch-led effort to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has moved far beyond its experimental beginnings. Early 600-meter systems proved that large-scale plastic capture was possible. Today, the operation is defined by System 03, a platform designed to work at an industrial scale that would have seemed unrealistic only a few years ago. Developed by The Ocean Cleanup, System 03 is a 2,200-meter U-shaped floating barrier. By the mid-2020s, the project reached a critical proof-of-scale phase,