63,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

63,000 pounds of trash pulled from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch(usatoday.com)

15 points by rharris 4 years ago | 3 comments

anakaine 4 years ago |

International problems require international units of measurement.

28.5 tonnes. Basically one big semi trailer worth of a small continent sized problem. Keep the effort going!

throwawaysea 4 years ago | |

Thanks for putting that into context. I don’t want to be overly negative, but it feels like a small amount for a month long mission. Am I missing something?

sul_tasto 4 years ago | | |

Per the article they are still in the testing phase, with plans to scale up.