Check out another Forbes piece on how Ocean Cleanup aims to reuse and recycle the ocean plastic. The floating boom system was deployed on Saturday from San Francisco Bay and will undergo several weeks of testing before being hauled into action. The system was designed by the nonprofit Ocean Cleanup, which was founded in 2013 by 18-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a vortex of trash created from an ocean gyre in the central North Pacific. The floating boom drifts along with the local currents, creating a U-shaped formation.

Source: Forbes September 10, 2018 15:35 UTC