If you want to clean the oceans of plastic you would need hundreds of thousands of these if not more. This is a molecule in a bucket of waste. Sad to say but it's reality.
I appreciate those who doesn't dump their garbage in the ocean. Usually those that dump it are the same who vote for those who doesn't want to do anything to save our planet.
Why isn't this on the mainstream media? Probably because it isn't negative and anxiety giving. This is legitimately one of the best things I have heard in a long time.
Mostly because it's irrelevant sadly, 200,000kg is a fraction of the plastic dumped into the ocean every day and it took them weeks to compile it. You don't start mopping the floor of a flooded bathroom without turning off the taps first. The first place to start any movement is to stop the situation getting worse, which is never going to happen because trillion dollar companies get a couple thousand dollar fines for dumping. You'd need about a thousand of these things working every day for years to even make a dent, which corporations fight adamantly against.
it was on the news. At least here in Germany. Ithink it was even on the "Tagesschau" which is the biggest news show we have. But I am not 100% about the Tagesschau thing
Well, genuinely look into Geopolitics and economics, it is likely not shown because of the HUGE campaign for 0 emissions by 2030, which is essentially an attempt to spur economics.. Please, read a book
Yeah, it’s too bad the rest of us don’t do our part to prevent things like this from happening in the first place, and conserving resources we don’t need.
@@lnpipeline3306 used to give af alot about initiatives like this until I joined the military. When I was in we went on a ship for 8 months and every night during those 8 months hundreds if not thousands of garbage bags of 50 gallons were thrown overboard over night. Our own government is doing this daily. Making our ocean’s dirty all while blaming everyone else for the problem. Now I feel like these are just smoke and mirrors to make us clean up after them
Great initiative. It's the size of France and so far they've collected 200 metric tonnes. That's 8 truckloads. I sincerely hope they'll get the funding to do the remaining 99.99%
I think one of the guys involved with this was on Joe Rogan explaining the process a few years ago. Such a great endeavor. The people involved in this process are unsung heroes.
True but information is safety in todays world plus wars are quite inevitable because of human nature. There will always this seed of doubt and skepticism by the greatest minds, today multiply that with the amount of garbage information, now imagine humans sifting through that manually even with AI help.
@@terryrowell1861 ships dump their waste - physically saw it being done via a 36-ft sailing vessel channel I follow on youtube. But plastic in waste dumps and rivers are also culprits. We all need to be so much more mindful.
@@GojosBackHand I hope you’re not talking about Oppenheimer. For one he was never awarded a Nobel prize and secondly he was a great and complicated man who went on to protest the the use and creation of more nuclear weapons. He was even stripped of his security clearance after advocating so strongly when the defence dept went on to create the hydrogen bomb.
Although I support this idea, I am a bit suspicious of this video. Why is the garbage they collected so clean and uniformed? It's like they just filled a bag with pre-selected rubbish to attract investors to scam. Smells fishy.
Human kind has really made a mess of things. I happy to hear there are people with the skills to organize and actually do something to try and fix the problem.
I think the owner of Airbnb gave a lot of the money to do this. I think I read that somewhere so maybe check it out but don’t quote me. But yeah I totally agree with the OP. Nobel prizes too for sure. ☮️
Absolutely!! Funny how things like this don't get shown on mainstream news isn't it! Imagine how much donations would be made if it was, it's like we already have the answers but they don't want us to know!!! Very strange? If solutions like this already exist why are we not already giving them as much money as possible?
What a waste of resources... 7t of plastic isn't even a drop in the ocean, figuratively. With 14,000,000t added each year, we stem just 0.00005% of the issue. You gotta be a complete buffoon to applaud this nonsense. It won't work.
I don't see why they are burning all this fuel to do this when Guatemala is just gonna make another one. Give me the cost of this (including government subsidies), and I'll tell you exactly how much crude is being burned on the back end to do this. (its always a few orders of magnitude [100-1000x] more than you would imagine). A simple embargo on 3 or 4 of the offending nations would permanently solve this by a factor of 90%. Instead we are paying for millions worth of crude oil to get burned supporting megaprojects while the organizers get mega rich off of these token "efforts". The formula, btw is the cost of everything (incl. Subsidies) X 0.8 ....this gives you the dollars worth of fossil fuels used to power/support any human endeavor or project. About half is crude and half is natural gas. ...the other 0.2 is nuclear, geothermal, and hydroelectric combined together. (Wind and solar still burn around double the BTUs worth of oil to build/maintain than they can produce, so they are not included). ...but run those numbers on any project you see like this so you can get the full picture. We have an obligation to do this right.
The plastic ain’t gonna swim back upstream. The worst offending rivers are being cleaned up with the surrounding populations educated about it’s effect
That’s such an amazing project we all need to work together to improve this and make it globally I’m willing to donate as well volunteer Thank you so much for everyone who involved in this project
It’s all about what you search for. Don’t turn on the news. Get on the Internet and actively look for the good stuff. The reason that’s all you see is because tragedy despair poverty and fear is all engaging to humans for some reason it could be that we want to feel better about our lives seen other people having it worse off but I have not watch the news since I was in high school 20 years ago
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras. The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface. The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic industry, the very polluters in the first place.
I get it’s cool and all but I’m a little confused. So America pays these poor countries to take our trash and recycle. Gets paid pretty damn well to. Then these poorer countries take the trash and throw it right in the ocean then Americans pays to clean it up from the ocean. Then we turn right back around pay these poorer countries to take our trash and recycle it then they just dump it right back in the ocean and we go right back out there to clean it up all on America’s dime . 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Might I suggest that you also support prevention efforts? After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cute. Prevent, how? I'm glad you asked and i apologize if you didn't ask and actually already knew this: our endless consumption is the cause. The products we buy nowadays don't last as long as they used to. That's wasteful but great for corporations involved in the chain of production shipping or selling the things. I'm trying to say that you can vote with your wallet by supporting companies with more sustainable production and freight practices and that source more sustainable materials Making everything in china cheaply is bad. We should make things here (the US or at least The West) where it will revive our manufacturing sectors and where some environmental protections are n place
An environmental cause EVERYONE can get behind. No politics...no "denier" undertones.....no charged language. Just pure environmental concern we can all see with our own eyes.
I've been watching since it was 2 guys and a boat....then a small crew.. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU. YOU guys and everyone who has joined you, there is no way possible to show how much appreciation you deserve ❤️
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras. The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface. The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic industry, the very polluters in the first place.
I get it’s cool and all but I’m a little confused. So America pays these poor countries to take our trash and recycle. Gets paid pretty damn well to. Then these poorer countries take the trash and throw it right in the ocean then Americans pays to clean it up from the ocean. Then we turn right back around pay these poorer countries to take our trash and recycle it then they just dump it right back in the ocean and we go right back out there to clean it up all on America’s dime . 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
They also has to do a lot with people being slapped and not caring about the moment and that has filtered through the rivers and into our oceans as well.
Ya it would certainly be very nice if Asia, mostly China would stop dumping thousands of pounds of plastic back into the ocean. Making this cleanup almost negligible in comparison
This is great! I'm so glad they're doing this! When I first heard about these "floating islands of plastic" garbage, years ago, I was disgusted by the waste. Now it sounds like they're finally, actually doing something about it. ("They", meaning whoever they are that are doing this clean up). Either way, it's very good to see. With all of the flooded streets in places all over the world, year after year, it's terrible to see our beautiful oceans so polluted. It's good to see enough people, cared enough, to try to make it better.
Here’s news, stop “recycling” plastic. This is where it ends up, it doesn’t get recycled. We pay an eastern Asian country to take our plastic and instead of recycling it like they’re supposed to they dump it into the sea.
you find in life its typically women virtue signaling and men actually designing innovating and getting it done. Not that there arent some women who do its just few and far between.
@@klashnacovak47yeah, how dare a young person stand up against policies, or lack thereof, that contribute to climate change that affects the world they are inheriting.
Awesome job, I for one truly appreciate your hard work picking up after others. I was once on a cruise and woke up from the noise of splashing like someone fell off the boat only to discover that the crew was heaving black trash bags off the side of the boat from the lower deck on the port side near the stern. They got upset when they saw me. My complaints fell on deaf ears!
I love that they are still going I love that they also provided proof of concept regarding things that it can be recycled into. Showing there’s no excuse why others don’t take the same action. Anyone who tells you your just one person you can’t do anything, remember if enough people believe in your idea and you crowd fund you can really make a difference
It's also important for us not to assume the problem is solved, we still have micro plastics, a polluting consumerist industry to address and many more areas where we can work together and continue to support solutions 😊
@@Collective-Consciousness Its kind of the people - we are told to recycle, so we do, they send the waste to china, they don't recycle it and dump it in the ocean. Just through stuff in the trash, it won't end up there.
@@DivineDawn manufacturing should of remained in countries with unionized labor and strict standards with how to dispose of waste. I blame the greed of everyone in the 1980s who pushed for globalizing the economy, not necessarily these developing countries who were forced to rapidly urbanize when their governments stole their farm land and forced them to rapidly urbanize so westerners could have little trinkets
That is just ridiculous 🤯 that is going in daily thanks guys this machine is a gift excellent job blessed all you that make it possible 👍👍👍 hopefully you guys realized that we appreciate your work 👏👏👏
Countries like India and Sri Lanka are dumping trash faster than what ocean cleanup is removing. When my friend went to a beach in India she took video of hundreds of trash trucks lining up on a pier to take turns dumping their trash into the ocean. We need to put more pressure on them from doing such a thing.
Guarantee you this was largely funded privately. I seriously doubt any politician or public funding went into this cleanup project. Since there's obviously little profit to gain.
@@DavefromWork A very simple review of their website shows they’re funded in part by the government of The Netherlands, where they’re based, along with a selection of mega-corporate partners including Coca-Cola, one of the largest global producers of single-use plastics. I’m sure Coca-Cola is far more concerned with how funding this initiative will clean up their books and brand image than the ocean…
I agree. Imagine the amount of crap in the ocean that isn't in this 2km net. As a trawler myself I can tell you it's nothing compared to what's out there, especially on the sea bed.
@@bluesdirt6555wow so informative. Are they supposed to store it forever? It’s incinerated or unloaded. Where do you keep your garbage? Are you insinuating they throw garbage overboard with no regard? Of course not.
The Ocean Cleanup Project estimates that there is 80,000 tonnes of plastic at The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. So far as of 2023 they have extracted 6.8 tonnes (0.0085%). While it is progress, the scale of the clean up programme needed is still extremely large.
Thank u, thank u, 🙏🏼 THANK U‼️ THIS☝🏽gives me HOPE & FAITH in humanity. People like Putin & Biden, etc. “can do what they do”, PLEASE keep doing what you’re doing. BRAVO
It's not really doing anything since the amount of garbage dumped into the ocean everyday from Southeast Asia is more than they can clean up in a month. It's more of a move for looks.
@@brenolk4642 I've been wondering this, and perhaps you can offer some insight: How, exactly, does inconveniencing low and middle class people just trying to survive have *_any_* impact on big oil?
It's not a country doing it. It is a private, non-profit org. Governments should not be relied upon to solve global problems. All they do is make war, and expand their own power.
This project should be adopted by all nations to clear up all ocean and seas. Banning plastic materials production is the best solution for the future generations to live without plastic pollution. I am available to talk to anyone interested in the Heads of States and Countries.
How will they get rid of this oceanic plastic pollution without causing harm to the environment? Recycling may seem like a solution, but if the plastic ends up back in the ocean, the cycle persists. The key lies in halting the production of more plastic, particularly disposable items. It's crucial for companies like Nestle and other beverage companies to take responsibility. It's a collective effort to foster a greater respect for our Earth.🌍💚
They must do what Sweden does. Waste to Energy incineration Generators. Turn garbage plastic into electricity and the incinerator recycles metals and glass automatically. Other countries are even paying Sweden to take their garbage now instead of usually dumping it in the ocean.
@NG-fk6wc I know of an app that focuses on good news like this, hence the name "good news". It's a German app, though. But there are probably similar apps in different languages. :)
Totally agree. All we hear is negative B.S. and irrelivant celebrity lives or polical propaganda, used as a distraction from what they do behind the dirty curtain. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@@Zellonous It's exactly that attitude of not taking accountability that doesn't change a thing. We share this planet, most of the shit you own is made in China, so yeah it is your waste too. Besides the US, Latin and South America do not care much about pollution either.
@Clownintheburyingground sometimes from ships sinking or natural disasters like typhoons/hurricanes. sometimes from negligence or the 'let someone else pick up after me' types. it doesn't make the pastic issue less of a problem but not all of it is from people using the ocean as a universal dumpster. just unfortunately compounds the issue when people do use the ocean as a universal dumpster.
I've been so conditioned to shitty news I'm just waiting for something to come out like they are using child or slave labor or the process is somehow destroying the population of an endangered ocean species or that the guy who started it is going to be revealed to be a pedo rapist creep.. it's like anytime I see something that looks too positive, too good, alarm bells start going off in my head. I really hope nothing like that happens and I will try to stay cautiously optimistic...
Maybe once they provide proof of what they’re doing with the plastics. It’s not being recycled, that’s for sure. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not claiming they’re doing anything wrong. I’m honestly interested in knowing.
@@jippy8976in his interview with Joe Rogan some years ago the guy behind it, Boyan Slaat, said that they had few gimmicks such as spectacle frames and other gadgets made out of 100% recycled plastic, but also admitted that most of that plastic is not very economical to reprocess since not all "plastic" is the same and for some types they find in the ocean no method of recycling and reusing at scale had even been invented.
Even more impressive is the fact that all of this was designed and created by Dutch highschool student Boyan Slat, as a graduation project! This teenager's brilliant idea is by far the most effective, simple and affordable solution to tackle the oceanic plastic patches because it uses the ocean current to do all the work for it. Guaranteed that kid is going places!
This is a great idea although, they say they are collecting plastic to turn into more plastic objects which eventually go back into the sea and waste sites.
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras. The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface. The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic industry, the very polluters in the first place.
Jesus Christ the Son of God died on the cross for our sins according to the scriptures, and he was buried, and he rose again the third day according to the scriptures. Repent, my friends, believe and obey the words of Jesus Christ and Father will forgive your sins and you shall be saved. Read his words in the complete chapters 5, 6 and 7 of the book of Matthew in the bible.
i had no idea this clean up was going on. I didn't think anybody cared enough to do something about it. It warms my heart. I say God Bless Everyone who is involved in this endeavor. May all involved receive a Blessing.
Why bring your stories into this real world problem? This is about a _real_ problem, and _real_ people, who are performing _real_ actions to help solve it. Prayer, on the other hand, hasn't lifted a _solitary kilogram_ of plastic out of the ocean. Still, keep praying if you imagine it will soon start to help. 🤞😄
@@assininecomment1630Username checks out, but you spelled asinine wrong. Which is hilariously ironic because it makes you look MORE asinine than you intended.
@@stevewhite791 we don't need either LOL let me rephrase that we don't need the first for sure and we don't need to really focus our effort into the second until we can get China on board the more that we reduce our emissions and pollution the more they increase their's look into it it's true. Also just in case you didn't know that's how that garbage patch got there to begin with, several several years back on our first big Nationwide recycling Kick we rounded up all that s*** and had everybody recycling blah blah blah then we entered into a deal with China for them to dispose of / recycle it for us. We sent them the trash they received it as well as billions of dollars for doing so and then they turned around and just dumped all of it into the ocean
@stevewhite791 I couldn't agree more, instead of feeding into a narrative that is designed to separate us from one another, we need more positive, productive, and encouraging things to focus on. If we had that, then just maybe there'd be a little less depression and anxiety in the world. It sounds far-fetched, I know but one-can always dream I guess✊️💯
@@emikochan13 well in all honesty I’m thankful for them even getting that little bit done. No one else seems to be giving effort. This should be broadcasted because more people who care may want for donate
Well over due. A big thanks to all the good people involved in this project. Unfortunately the main stream media embarrasses humanity by not giving this issue coverage to support the fantastic work you guys are doing.
Im so impressed and so glad for the diligent effort of this company. God Bless. This is definately one of the few companies that care for our earth and humanity.
They said America contributes to this while refusing to say anything China. The reality is that China actually contributes the most and America contributes very little. This is why you can’t trust any of these environmental organizations, they refuse to say anything about China which contributes the most, and only criticizes America which contributes the least
@@Enigmahasun do they also ignore the fact that China contributes the most to this? Because they made damn sure to criticize America (who actually contributes the least) while specifically ignoring China who contributes the most. Sounds like propaganda to me
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras. The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface. The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic industry, the very polluters in the first place.
All PR. ITS A PEOPLE PROBLEM NOT A PLASTICS PROBLEM!! Go to the source! I'm a plastic recycler this is only 11 semi truckloads. This is a speck on a speck on a speck in the world of plastics and the world environment. Third world countries need to stop allowing PEOPLE / cities to drop / push garbage into rivers
Too bad it's mostly misinformation. Most of images shown are coastal litter from cities in Asia. Despite the common public perception of the patch existing as giant islands of floating garbage, it can't bee seen by satellite imagery, or even by boaters or divers in the area. The patch is a widely dispersed area consisting primarily of suspended microplastics, ranging from fingernail size to smaller.
Totally agree, many thanks to all involved. Why do people just throw their rubbish in the ocean and boats and some ocean liners their waste overboard. It is sickening to see soo much plastic and other debris floating in the water and killing and maiming our ocean life.
Well I guess it worked, the fluff piece that is this story. I'm not trying to take a dump on Oceans Clean Up, but do you even realize how small 200,000kg (420,000lbs or 220 tons) is compared to the overall size of the GPGP? The GPGP is triple the size of France or double the size of Texas and has a mass of 80,000 tons, so the 220 tons they extracted was less than 0.3% of the GPGP. While the GPGP is the largest garbage patch in the ocean, it's not the only one, there are two slightly smaller in the Atlantic, and dozens of smaller ones scattered everywhere. 98% of these garbage patches are plastic and Ocean's Cleanup claim they a recycling those plastics, I'd like to know where?? The reason they're in the ocean is because only about 5% of the plastics we use are recycled. There's no mo money in recycling the rest, and in a capitalist world, no profit mean nothing gets done. We in the U.S. ship our plastics to underdeveloped countries who gladly take the measly money we give them and dump it landfills until they realize that doesn't work and it ends up in the ocean. They claim half of it is thermally recycled, but that puts extremely harmful toxins in our atmosphere. The only real solution is to stop using these plastics in the first place, so they never get to the ocean. But that would mean sacrificing a little profit for companies, and a little more effort and a bit less convenient for consumers, and we couldn't have that now could we? So instead you get videos like this one, paid for by plastic conglomerates and fossil fuel lobbyists, NOT backed by Ocean Cleanup Group, because they know how much a fluff piece like this makes people feel all warm and fuzzy thinking we've got a handle on environmental waste and can go on blissfully destroying the planet so they can sill have the convenience of disposable everything, guilt free.
I’m sorry to break your guys heart, but that plastic will just be used to make more plastic which will go right back into the ocean 😂😂 it s a never ending cycle, that’ll only stop when Armageddon hits
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras. The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface. The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic industry, the very polluters in the first place.
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The fact that I'm first hearing about this on yt and not the news really tells ya about our news reporting.
He was very commonly in the news as a teenage young visionary and start up. It has taken years to perfect the process 2013-2023. 🎉❤😊
10 year company
not bloody enough to be reported on
Because it's hardly newsworthy. The garbage patch is still growing because much more plastic is dumped in the ocean than this thing removes
speaks volumes
Now that's a Global Initiative I can get behind!!😊
Simple way to prevent this, stop the recycling.
@@TheOpendoormediathan what??what do you mean 🤔
Absolutely....👍💯
Yes
If you want to clean the oceans of plastic you would need hundreds of thousands of these if not more. This is a molecule in a bucket of waste. Sad to say but it's reality.
God bless all the people involved in this project.
Is your god so weak that it couldn't even remove some waste without humans? Or is your god just made up, like all other gods?
@@marcelkuizengaAnd just think that same God made your mami and pappi.. lmafkin 😂😂😂😂
@@unseen4047 Pretending your god made people, just makes you look very ignorant or stupid. Isn't that funny.
Amen to that! ❤ God gave us this earth, and we need to take care of it.
@@Saved_by_Grace-Faith Except earth wasn't created by a god. But we do need to take care of our home.
im so proud of the humans who try their absolute best to be a positive force in this world. Amazing work, i appreciate you
I appreciate those who doesn't dump their garbage in the ocean. Usually those that dump it are the same who vote for those who doesn't want to do anything to save our planet.
I don't understand why people who have clean drinking water have to buy bottled water. We're killing ourselves using stupidity as a weapon.
@@hellejrgensen9319You don't say
Yo thx alien 👽 guy .
Why isn't this on the mainstream media? Probably because it isn't negative and anxiety giving. This is legitimately one of the best things I have heard in a long time.
You hit the nail on the head!
Mostly because it's irrelevant sadly, 200,000kg is a fraction of the plastic dumped into the ocean every day and it took them weeks to compile it.
You don't start mopping the floor of a flooded bathroom without turning off the taps first. The first place to start any movement is to stop the situation getting worse, which is never going to happen because trillion dollar companies get a couple thousand dollar fines for dumping.
You'd need about a thousand of these things working every day for years to even make a dent, which corporations fight adamantly against.
it was on the news. At least here in Germany. Ithink it was even on the "Tagesschau" which is the biggest news show we have. But I am not 100% about the Tagesschau thing
The Problem is, this is Just a Placement. Search for this Thing. It does Not Work Well in. On the paper IT IS a great system but in real...
Well, genuinely look into Geopolitics and economics, it is likely not shown because of the HUGE campaign for 0 emissions by 2030, which is essentially an attempt to spur economics.. Please, read a book
I needed a reminder that people are still out here doing dope shit
Yeah, it’s too bad the rest of us don’t do our part to prevent things like this from happening in the first place, and conserving resources we don’t need.
Its difficult to get funding usually as soon as you mention things that arent hard-capitalism
Me too, most only care for themselves now!
@@lnpipeline3306 used to give af alot about initiatives like this until I joined the military. When I was in we went on a ship for 8 months and every night during those 8 months hundreds if not thousands of garbage bags of 50 gallons were thrown overboard over night. Our own government is doing this daily. Making our ocean’s dirty all while blaming everyone else for the problem. Now I feel like these are just smoke and mirrors to make us clean up after them
@@Captain_Cinnamon well its a good thing we're not socialist or we'd be too worried how to avoid starvation to even consider something like this.
Great initiative. It's the size of France and so far they've collected 200 metric tonnes. That's 8 truckloads. I sincerely hope they'll get the funding to do the remaining 99.99%
99.99%?
Yeah, we’re gonna need more 9’s in here.
More than that
It should pay for itself. They’re basically mining plastic to be processed and resold.
Only 8 trucks. How long have they been doing this
This video said three times the size of France. I had no idea, and im struggling to imagine it.
I think one of the guys involved with this was on Joe Rogan explaining the process a few years ago. Such a great endeavor. The people involved in this process are unsung heroes.
ROGER THAT!!!! God bless all involved....
The real heroes are those who avoid creating this waste in the first place
Humans kill humans, thats real.war kills humans and it doesnt help.😅😅😅😅
THIS is what the news needs to be reporting! We need to focus on cleaning up OUR mess! Not culture wars.
True but information is safety in todays world plus wars are quite inevitable because of human nature. There will always this seed of doubt and skepticism by the greatest minds, today multiply that with the amount of garbage information, now imagine humans sifting through that manually even with AI help.
Well it’s from asian not the USA this story is false.
Mabye some if us like they garbage patch..
Did you ever stop for a second and think about us?
You can thank China and India for a lot of this
Dutch inventor Boyan Slat founded the ocean clean up in his home town of Netherlands. It is not from Asia. Stop spreading false information.
This company needs more recognition and an award for the work they are doing, thankyou 🍻
Amen. Such a selfless act for mankind and our environment. I agree with you from the bottom of my heart. God Bless them for their big heart
Perhaps a Nobel prize. If there isn't one for environmental work, there should be.
The company's responsible for dumping waste at sea should be find heavily.
And put out of business.
@@ImaRandomFemaleyour answer was in the question! $!
@@terryrowell1861 ships dump their waste - physically saw it being done via a 36-ft sailing vessel channel I follow on youtube.
But plastic in waste dumps and rivers are also culprits. We all need to be so much more mindful.
I’m doing my small part like gardening and recycling, but this is on another level. Awesome Job!!
Absolutely fantastic.. at least some of mankind are stepping up and taking responsibility and then doing something about . Great work keep it up ..
These people should get a Nobel Prize.
Sad part is you have to commit a war crime to win one
They can't. They need to be a president of a country committing war crimes or have strong civil corruption.
I think the kid who came up witb this system is the same age as Greta but she got the accolades by saying "how dare you?!"
@@GojosBackHand I hope you’re not talking about Oppenheimer. For one he was never awarded a Nobel prize and secondly he was a great and complicated man who went on to protest the the use and creation of more nuclear weapons. He was even stripped of his security clearance after advocating so strongly when the defence dept went on to create the hydrogen bomb.
@@The_Tundra_don’t feel smart now after you watched the movie. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t even referring to him if he didn’t win the award…
Now this is a charity I want to donate to.
that was my first impulse, but I suggest to do a little research first - that might change your mind
The project is called the Ocean Cleanup! They're doing very well, albeit some setbacks here and there.
@@converse5874 Do you have a link to an article or something about the downsides?
same here
@@converse5874 Elaborate?
Wow this is amazing to hear. Thank you for the great work you guys are doing. I am so truly grateful to you all❤
This makes my aging heart happy! Thank you!👍🤝👏
Brilliant work ❤️ shame they don’t cover this on the news instead of constant doom and gloom!
That's the media for you
The news and mainstream media is all about doom and gloom and fear tactics.
If it bleeds, it leads
So true
HOW Dare you!!! blah blah blah
This is the kind of environmentalism that everyone can get behind. More please!
Well said 👏. They need to point some nukes at the countries that are responsible. 😊
100%
This is nothing though. The third world countries dump this much plastic garbage from their rivers into the oceans every minute of every day.
Although I support this idea, I am a bit suspicious of this video. Why is the garbage they collected so clean and uniformed? It's like they just filled a bag with pre-selected rubbish to attract investors to scam.
Smells fishy.
@@momo1461🌊
Human kind has really made a mess of things. I happy to hear there are people with the skills to organize and actually do something to try and fix the problem.
Wonderful news thank-you to everyone involved in this project, it touches my heart, to know we still have good people left on this crazy planet!
Someone give this company a billion dollars.
I think the owner of Airbnb gave a lot of the money to do this. I think I read that somewhere so maybe check it out but don’t quote me. But yeah I totally agree with the OP. Nobel prizes too for sure. ☮️
Yes, I would much rather money be invested in this, instead of more new iPhone features.
Absolutely!! Funny how things like this don't get shown on mainstream news isn't it! Imagine how much donations would be made if it was, it's like we already have the answers but they don't want us to know!!! Very strange? If solutions like this already exist why are we not already giving them as much money as possible?
It's 10 billion worth or even more. ❤
Yeah, but what they’re not telling you is it also comes with sever ecological consequences. More than you might think.
God Bless Boyan Slat and his devotion with majestic team for helping ocean preservation
What a waste of resources... 7t of plastic isn't even a drop in the ocean, figuratively. With 14,000,000t added each year, we stem just 0.00005% of the issue. You gotta be a complete buffoon to applaud this nonsense. It won't work.
A fantastic effort! The world really needs to get behind this program! We put the stuff there, and we have to remove it!
I don't see why they are burning all this fuel to do this when Guatemala is just gonna make another one.
Give me the cost of this (including government subsidies), and I'll tell you exactly how much crude is being burned on the back end to do this. (its always a few orders of magnitude [100-1000x] more than you would imagine).
A simple embargo on 3 or 4 of the offending nations would permanently solve this by a factor of 90%.
Instead we are paying for millions worth of crude oil to get burned supporting megaprojects while the organizers get mega rich off of these token "efforts".
The formula, btw is the cost of everything (incl. Subsidies) X 0.8
....this gives you the dollars worth of fossil fuels used to power/support any human endeavor or project. About half is crude and half is natural gas.
...the other 0.2 is nuclear, geothermal, and hydroelectric combined together. (Wind and solar still burn around double the BTUs worth of oil to build/maintain than they can produce, so they are not included).
...but run those numbers on any project you see like this so you can get the full picture. We have an obligation to do this right.
@@SuperPhunThyme9Your formula implies that every cost of every project is simply reduced to the cost of fuel.
God not real
Amazing. Thank goodness there’s good people on this planet that just don’t talk about it but put action in.
This is absolutely wonderful.... our world needs more projects like this!
The corporations and nations who polluted the waters should pay for the clean up!😤
The tsunami in Japan caused a lot of this waste. No blame to give.
It's mostly from fishing, but it came from all countries around the pacific. The problem is that a lot of it is plastic that can't be recycled
Indo China and the South Pacific 😢
@@javedmontero7890 what are you doing?
@@kimwhitehead9096one of the smartest comments
90% of the plastic comes from a handfull of rivers. Should stop it there before it reaches the ocean.
Yeah they're also working on that too- Interceptor project
They do that as well
Apparently a lot of it is fishing gear and the way to reduce that is to eat less fish.
Ironically you most likely got that very fact from the study they did
The plastic ain’t gonna swim back upstream. The worst offending rivers are being cleaned up with the surrounding populations educated about it’s effect
This hasn’t gotten rid of the garbage patch- its huge and still growing, but this is a small step in the right direction. Kudos!
This is dope! I knew Lisa Simpson and Mr Burns were onto something!!!! Good hustle people!
Why doesnt this get more attention? First time im hearing of this amazing feat!
This is one thing I would donate money for.
The mainstream media is focused more on the political circus.
It's been going on for years, he's done a few Ted Talks.
Simple, because everyone only cares about different kind garbage and not their own plastic garbage😂😢
That’s such an amazing project we all need to work together to improve this and make it globally
I’m willing to donate as well volunteer
Thank you so much for everyone who involved in this project
Yeah, it's not as important as the latest celebrity gossip. "What fools these mortals be."
@@omarabdel-sayed2249
Yes donate and volunteer. I want that too.
This is the best news I’ve heard in years. The doom and gloom wears on a person. We need to hear about positive steps forward too
I'd thumb this comment up a million times if I could. Here's an extra 😊
Theyve been doing this for a while now, but why would the news report something so positive
It’s all about what you search for. Don’t turn on the news. Get on the Internet and actively look for the good stuff. The reason that’s all you see is because tragedy despair poverty and fear is all engaging to humans for some reason it could be that we want to feel better about our lives seen other people having it worse off but I have not watch the news since I was in high school 20 years ago
Don't hold your breath.
I know! Im so excited we get to refill the garbage patch again! Im already on my way to dump a full pack of water bottles.
Now THIS is worthwhile! I don't like pointless complaints, taking money, doing nothing...this is so very worth it!
KEEP GOING BORYAN!!!!! This is FANTASTIC NEWS!!! Never give up !!
The world needs more of this kind of dedication
The world needs humans to stop being such garbage.
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras.
The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface.
The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic
industry, the very polluters in the first place.
@@NoblePrizeAuditorthe video says what they’re doing with it. A profit motive isn’t an evil thing in this case.
I get it’s cool and all but I’m a little confused. So America pays these poor countries to take our trash and recycle. Gets paid pretty damn well to. Then these poorer countries take the trash and throw it right in the ocean then Americans pays to clean it up from the ocean.
Then we turn right back around pay these poorer countries to take our trash and recycle it then they just dump it right back in the ocean and we go right back out there to clean it up all on America’s dime . 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
The world needs more of this. I'm extremely grateful and would like to donate to this
Might I suggest that you also support prevention efforts? After all, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cute.
Prevent, how? I'm glad you asked and i apologize if you didn't ask and actually already knew this: our endless consumption is the cause. The products we buy nowadays don't last as long as they used to. That's wasteful but great for corporations involved in the chain of production shipping or selling the things.
I'm trying to say that you can vote with your wallet by supporting companies with more sustainable production and freight practices and that source more sustainable materials
Making everything in china cheaply is bad. We should make things here (the US or at least The West) where it will revive our manufacturing sectors and where some environmental protections are n place
Why aren't rich billionaires helping, because there's no profit.
You realize how much money they already received and it never happened?
You can go outside and pick up trash around your neighborhood to help
@@craigecraw4143 That's right; and it's mostly DEMOCRATS who don't care.
An environmental cause EVERYONE can get behind. No politics...no "denier" undertones.....no charged language. Just pure environmental concern we can all see with our own eyes.
No, because it's a scam that kills wildlife.
One of humanitys greatest heroes. Thank you!
I've been watching since it was 2 guys and a boat....then a small crew..
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOU. YOU guys and everyone who has joined you, there is no way possible to show how much appreciation you deserve ❤️
I was always raised to Give a Hoot, Don't Pollute!!
Im excited that is has grown into this🎉. They are doing great.❤
I think you're thinking of 4Ocean. I think this is a different organization.
China compra por muitos dolares o plástico reciclavel .
Aqui no Brasil não existe plástico no lixo , tudo é da China.
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras.
The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface.
The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic
industry, the very polluters in the first place.
Every country in the world needs to be funding this project!
Why? So China and Africa can keep dumping garbage in the ocean?
Countries are too busy causing hate and diversion
Why when many of them contributed to it? They clearly don't care.
80% of the waste comes from western countries so why everyone should contribute
Exactly
Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You guys are my heroes. ❤❤❤
I wish I had money , I would definitely donate to this organisation. 😢
The highest most honorable reward goes to this man and his team for the technology and passion to clean up this planet. Bar none.
Please add efforts to the Atlantic Ocean also. Sharing the methods and technology can forever be memorable!
Yes, Elon is amazing.
Are you assuming his gender?
This is why billionaires should not exist. Just imagine what could be accomplished if the government had that money.
Sorry -
They Gave his Nobel prize to Hussein O'hamma for not doing a damn thing - His Black is Whack
The fact that countries that accept waste from others and then dump it into the Ocean 🌊 should be considered criminal
It helps first world people feel good about themselves if they don't dump it in personally
I get it’s cool and all but I’m a little confused. So America pays these poor countries to take our trash and recycle. Gets paid pretty damn well to. Then these poorer countries take the trash and throw it right in the ocean then Americans pays to clean it up from the ocean.
Then we turn right back around pay these poorer countries to take our trash and recycle it then they just dump it right back in the ocean and we go right back out there to clean it up all on America’s dime . 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂
Just wait until you find out about the nuclear waste dumped off California until it was banned. Barrels are still sitting and leaking.
They also has to do a lot with people being slapped and not caring about the moment and that has filtered through the rivers and into our oceans as well.
Ya it would certainly be very nice if Asia, mostly China would stop dumping thousands of pounds of plastic back into the ocean. Making this cleanup almost negligible in comparison
This is great! I'm so glad they're doing this! When I first heard about these "floating islands of plastic" garbage, years ago, I was disgusted by the waste. Now it sounds like they're finally, actually doing something about it. ("They", meaning whoever they are that are doing this clean up). Either way, it's very good to see. With all of the flooded streets in places all over the world, year after year, it's terrible to see our beautiful oceans so polluted. It's good to see enough people, cared enough, to try to make it better.
God bless yall.
Thank you for giving my little girl a chance for tomorrow.
Whoever the people are behind this project I salute you🙌... you are amazing humans!
It was a young 18 year old kid and I think that that alone is so remarkable. He wanted to help the planet and he actually did.
💯
The project is called the Ocean Cleanup
16* He went snorkeling but saw more trash than ocean life and wondered why nobody did anything about it@@Sookielein
We could all use more news like this.
Though it is *DISTRESSING* how awful we all are that there exists, a "great pacific garbage patch"...
*3X THE SIZE OF FRANCE!!!*
6250kg of waste is merely 6 tonnes... thats what, 2 or 3 trucks? *3X THE SIZE OF FRANCE*
It says 200 thousands kg of waste and that's in 2023 alone. No need to be so negative.@@StabbyJoe135
Here’s news, stop “recycling” plastic. This is where it ends up, it doesn’t get recycled. We pay an eastern Asian country to take our plastic and instead of recycling it like they’re supposed to they dump it into the sea.
@@StabbyJoe135
And how many tons of fuel did the ship burn?
Many environmentalists are idiots.
So awesome. Y'all have my respect
Shame that we have polluted our beautiful planet and oceans, harming marine wildlife. Thank God for ocean clean-up! Thank you. 💯❤💜
I love that a teenager designed that. I think he was 16 at the time when he presented it.
While Gretna shouts at grown ups this kid is actually doing something about it.
you find in life its typically women virtue signaling and men actually designing innovating and getting it done. Not that there arent some women who do its just few and far between.
@@klashnacovak47yeah, how dare a young person stand up against policies, or lack thereof, that contribute to climate change that affects the world they are inheriting.
Canadian too I believe
That's Great ! I wonder how he got through to Adults ? I'm surprised no adults tried to Take Over and Claim it as their own ! Lol
Peace people
It's nice to know that an organization like yours is out there performing such great work. I appreciate all of you.
Outstanding! I fully endorse it! Thank you. Nobel prize for brilliant solution. Fund these projects!
It is not his organisation. He is just using it to farm clicks with low effort AI-Voice content
This is not real, they barely scratched like .01% or smth
@@cadensam7 It is real lmao
@@xPeopleKindxits not
Awesome job, I for one truly appreciate your hard work picking up after others. I was once on a cruise and woke up from the noise of splashing like someone fell off the boat only to discover that the crew was heaving black trash bags off the side of the boat from the lower deck on the port side near the stern. They got upset when they saw me. My complaints fell on deaf ears!
I love that they are still going I love that they also provided proof of concept regarding things that it can be recycled into. Showing there’s no excuse why others don’t take the same action. Anyone who tells you your just one person you can’t do anything, remember if enough people believe in your idea and you crowd fund you can really make a difference
It's a reminder that there are still good people out there.
Also that some people dump garbage directly into the ocean.
It's also important for us not to assume the problem is solved, we still have micro plastics, a polluting consumerist industry to address and many more areas where we can work together and continue to support solutions 😊
@@CerebrumPedereits not the people throw it in there its the companies
We're trying to learn linux and AI with good intentions, not Skynet!
@@Collective-Consciousness Its kind of the people - we are told to recycle, so we do, they send the waste to china, they don't recycle it and dump it in the ocean. Just through stuff in the trash, it won't end up there.
This needs global support..
Imagine if politicians campaigned on this type of actual environmentalism, and our tax dollars went into these projects.
People around the world need to dispose of their shit properly. Stop dumping plastic in the ocean in the first place
@@mikelopez9071try telling that to China and alot of the developing countries, unfortunately.
@@DivineDawn manufacturing should of remained in countries with unionized labor and strict standards with how to dispose of waste.
I blame the greed of everyone in the 1980s who pushed for globalizing the economy, not necessarily these developing countries who were forced to rapidly urbanize when their governments stole their farm land and forced them to rapidly urbanize so westerners could have little trinkets
Nah, gender studies instead.
👏👏👏👏
You guys are helping people live
By cleaning up the dirty water
Thank you
People should stop throwing waste in the water
That is just ridiculous 🤯 that is going in daily thanks guys this machine is a gift excellent job blessed all you that make it possible 👍👍👍 hopefully you guys realized that we appreciate your work 👏👏👏
Thank you to all the people involved with the ocean clean up effort y’all are great people
Buy clothing made from fur and fur instead of plastic. Save the seas
Thank you for this comment
@@OpenGL4everunless it's sea lion or polar bear fur😑
@@OpenGL4ever Tell me you're trying to make a joke, please
Yeah while Japan started dumping radioactive water in Pacific Ocean few days ago!!!! And Mass Media is silent.
Countries like India and Sri Lanka are dumping trash faster than what ocean cleanup is removing. When my friend went to a beach in India she took video of hundreds of trash trucks lining up on a pier to take turns dumping their trash into the ocean. We need to put more pressure on them from doing such a thing.
This is heartbreaking to hear 😢
😱
That is insane
Can I see the video please?
India AND China, those two are the biggest polluters by a landslide (of trash)
It’s good to see someone finally acting instead of just talking about it.
Wow. For those taking part in this. THANK YOU❤
Finally something that actually DOES something to clean up and not politicians trying to pass more taxes to line their pockets!
aMOTHERFUCKINGmen! It's so nice to see effective action instead of just getting hollow promises, for once. 👍🥰
Guarantee you this was largely funded privately. I seriously doubt any politician or public funding went into this cleanup project.
Since there's obviously little profit to gain.
misspelled “tax cuts”
@@DavefromWork A very simple review of their website shows they’re funded in part by the government of The Netherlands, where they’re based, along with a selection of mega-corporate partners including Coca-Cola, one of the largest global producers of single-use plastics.
I’m sure Coca-Cola is far more concerned with how funding this initiative will clean up their books and brand image than the ocean…
@@DarrellPoe okay! Well, It's better than pretending their company isnt part of the problem at least!
So, I stand corrected :)
This cleaning system should be mandatory world wide.
That's real shyt my guy👍🏿♻️
Mandatory, great word for forced or compelled
I agree. Imagine the amount of crap in the ocean that isn't in this 2km net. As a trawler myself I can tell you it's nothing compared to what's out there, especially on the sea bed.
Navy war ships don’t keep their garbage on board.
@@bluesdirt6555wow so informative. Are they supposed to store it forever? It’s incinerated or unloaded. Where do you keep your garbage? Are you insinuating they throw garbage overboard with no regard? Of course not.
The Ocean Cleanup Project estimates that there is 80,000 tonnes of plastic at The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. So far as of 2023 they have extracted 6.8 tonnes (0.0085%). While it is progress, the scale of the clean up programme needed is still extremely large.
The Pacific garbage patch was previously so large, it was actually affecting the Weather patterns in the Pacific!
Well this is one of the most hopeful things I've seen all year. Thank you.
Yo yo street swag 4 life ocean iz in da gaaang
Yoyo street swag 4 life ocean iz in da gaaang
Thank u, thank u, 🙏🏼 THANK U‼️ THIS☝🏽gives me HOPE & FAITH in humanity. People like Putin & Biden, etc. “can do what they do”, PLEASE keep doing what you’re doing. BRAVO
People who care about the world and actually do something about it. Respect. Cheers.
It's not really doing anything since the amount of garbage dumped into the ocean everyday from Southeast Asia is more than they can clean up in a month. It's more of a move for looks.
They literally back garbage trucks to the ocean to empty them. For decades on end. We're going to need a bigger boat lol
You can find plastic 16 oz garbage bottles at the bottom of the Mariana trench now. That's pretty neat.
What do you mean, there are “hard working” men and women blocking traffic trying to get their message across about big oil
@@brenolk4642 I've been wondering this, and perhaps you can offer some insight:
How, exactly, does inconveniencing low and middle class people just trying to survive have *_any_* impact on big oil?
It doesn't even sound like this will make a dent in how much plastic there is in the ocean.
Thank you.God bless you ❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏
Every country should do that.
India and China are laughing at the corner 😂
It's not a country doing it. It is a private, non-profit org. Governments should not be relied upon to solve global problems. All they do is make war, and expand their own power.
Yes...but China is laughing under a mask. Because the air is that ugly and toxic there.
It's not a country doing it. It's a company.
Whites are the only ones who care
This is where the missing Tupperware lids are.
Yesssssssss
This project should be adopted by all nations to clear up all ocean and seas.
Banning plastic materials production is the best solution for the future generations to live without plastic pollution.
I am available to talk to anyone interested in the Heads of States and Countries.
How will they get rid of this oceanic plastic pollution without causing harm to the environment? Recycling may seem like a solution, but if the plastic ends up back in the ocean, the cycle persists. The key lies in halting the production of more plastic, particularly disposable items. It's crucial for companies like Nestle and other beverage companies to take responsibility. It's a collective effort to foster a greater respect for our Earth.🌍💚
They must do what Sweden does. Waste to Energy incineration Generators. Turn garbage plastic into electricity and the incinerator recycles metals and glass automatically. Other countries are even paying Sweden to take their garbage now instead of usually dumping it in the ocean.
I would love to hear more good news on a daily basis like this
It's my understanding they plan to make sunglasses and flip flops with the reclaimed plastics.
If you want good news, open the good book.
I promise you won’t get any good news from the internet or tv. It’s always terrible
My exact thought!
@NG-fk6wc
I know of an app that focuses on good news like this, hence the name "good news". It's a German app, though. But there are probably similar apps in different languages. :)
Totally agree. All we hear is negative B.S. and irrelivant celebrity lives or polical propaganda, used as a distraction from what they do behind the dirty curtain. 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Extremely frustrating to see, but also very satisfying and reassuring someone is doing something about our waste.
Nearly all of it comes from China and India. It's not "our" waste.
Exactly.
How does all that plastic get there??
@@Zellonous It's exactly that attitude of not taking accountability that doesn't change a thing.
We share this planet, most of the shit you own is made in China, so yeah it is your waste too.
Besides the US, Latin and South America do not care much about pollution either.
@Clownintheburyingground sometimes from ships sinking or natural disasters like typhoons/hurricanes. sometimes from negligence or the 'let someone else pick up after me' types. it doesn't make the pastic issue less of a problem but not all of it is from people using the ocean as a universal dumpster. just unfortunately compounds the issue when people do use the ocean as a universal dumpster.
What a wonderful service for our beautiful oceans!
I hope every manufacturer and plastic big users are paying these guys.
This is just what I needed right now...some GOOD news. These people are amazing. Walking the talk.
To create more things plastic kinda pointless fk
I've been so conditioned to shitty news I'm just waiting for something to come out like they are using child or slave labor or the process is somehow destroying the population of an endangered ocean species or that the guy who started it is going to be revealed to be a pedo rapist creep.. it's like anytime I see something that looks too positive, too good, alarm bells start going off in my head.
I really hope nothing like that happens and I will try to stay cautiously optimistic...
I wonder which countries are the main contributors to this waste. Seems kinda embarrassing that the world has to clean up after them.
Is this video for real? Is it the truth? Every bit of it?
The term is walking the walk instead of talking The talk...
Can we nominate these guys for the Nobel Peace Prize? I’m serious now!
Maybe once they provide proof of what they’re doing with the plastics. It’s not being recycled, that’s for sure. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not claiming they’re doing anything wrong. I’m honestly interested in knowing.
@@jippy8976in his interview with Joe Rogan some years ago the guy behind it, Boyan Slaat, said that they had few gimmicks such as spectacle frames and other gadgets made out of 100% recycled plastic, but also admitted that most of that plastic is not very economical to reprocess since not all "plastic" is the same and for some types they find in the ocean no method of recycling and reusing at scale had even been invented.
Rather donate on their page.
@@jenniferredinchgohe got a peace prize and then bombed countries right after.
Even more impressive is the fact that all of this was designed and created by Dutch highschool student Boyan Slat, as a graduation project! This teenager's brilliant idea is by far the most effective, simple and affordable solution to tackle the oceanic plastic patches because it uses the ocean current to do all the work for it. Guaranteed that kid is going places!
This is a great idea although, they say they are collecting plastic to turn into more plastic objects which eventually go back into the sea and waste sites.
Im DISGUSTED by all the trash in OUR oceans.
Im THANKFUL someone is doing something about it!!!!
Dude that’s like the best news I’ve heard of in a long time!
This is an ad from two years ago, and the amount of waste they removed is absolutely nothing compared to the size of the patch.
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras.
The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface.
The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic
industry, the very polluters in the first place.
@@cpotischso what do you want to pay more in taxes and have nothing done about it. It’s a good step why whine about it
Jesus Christ the Son of God died on the cross for our sins according to the scriptures, and he was buried, and he rose again the third day according to the scriptures.
Repent, my friends, believe and obey the words of Jesus Christ and Father will forgive your sins and you shall be saved. Read his words in the complete chapters 5, 6 and 7 of the book of Matthew in the bible.
This video is concept, they want tens of millions up front first
i had no idea this clean up was going on. I didn't
think anybody cared enough to do something about it. It warms my heart. I say God Bless Everyone who is involved in this endeavor. May all involved receive a Blessing.
Alhamdulillah 🙌
@@sasinothis is the right emoji 🤲 .
Why bring your stories into this real world problem?
This is about a _real_ problem, and _real_ people, who are performing _real_ actions to help solve it.
Prayer, on the other hand, hasn't lifted a _solitary kilogram_ of plastic out of the ocean. Still, keep praying if you imagine it will soon start to help.
🤞😄
California is now deploying their own systems for our waters and beaches.
@@assininecomment1630Username checks out, but you spelled asinine wrong.
Which is hilariously ironic because it makes you look MORE asinine than you intended.
Great news video! THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT!
Thanks for all your hard work!
This is the type of thing we need to be making more noise about✊️💯❤️✌️
Yes! less pronoun b.s. and more clean up the planet initiatives.
You won’t because it’s not profitable
@@stevewhite791 we don't need either LOL let me rephrase that we don't need the first for sure and we don't need to really focus our effort into the second until we can get China on board the more that we reduce our emissions and pollution the more they increase their's look into it it's true.
Also just in case you didn't know that's how that garbage patch got there to begin with, several several years back on our first big Nationwide recycling Kick we rounded up all that s*** and had everybody recycling blah blah blah then we entered into a deal with China for them to dispose of / recycle it for us.
We sent them the trash they received it as well as billions of dollars for doing so and then they turned around and just dumped all of it into the ocean
Sad this is where does it all go. 😂 recycling is fake
@stevewhite791 I couldn't agree more, instead of feeding into a narrative that is designed to separate us from one another, we need more positive, productive, and encouraging things to focus on. If we had that, then just maybe there'd be a little less depression and anxiety in the world. It sounds far-fetched, I know but one-can always dream I guess✊️💯
Why isn’t this broadcasted all over!!! I want to be a part of this!!
Because in this day and age violence and hatred sell’s not anything wholesome unfortunately.
because this is 0.00025% of the cleaning done. Maybe they'll be reported on when they reach 1% in 10 years time.
@@emikochan13 well in all honesty I’m thankful for them even getting that little bit done. No one else seems to be giving effort. This should be broadcasted because more people who care may want for donate
I have heard about these plastic islands in the Pacific Ocean, several times on National Public Radio.
You are a part of this! I'll bet you at least three of those plastic bottles in the ocean are from u
Well over due. A big thanks to all the good people involved in this project.
Unfortunately the main stream media embarrasses humanity by not giving this issue coverage to support the fantastic work you guys are doing.
Im so impressed and so glad for the diligent effort of this company. God Bless. This is definately one of the few companies that care for our earth and humanity.
I'd like to hear about the group behind this. They need to be supported. This is a damn good project.
They said America contributes to this while refusing to say anything China. The reality is that China actually contributes the most and America contributes very little. This is why you can’t trust any of these environmental organizations, they refuse to say anything about China which contributes the most, and only criticizes America which contributes the least
Robbing peter to pay paul 1000 truck loads in month, trading plastic for Co2 emissions
They have a page called the ocean cleanup where you can learn more about what they do and see the process.
@@Enigmahasun do they also ignore the fact that China contributes the most to this? Because they made damn sure to criticize America (who actually contributes the least) while specifically ignoring China who contributes the most. Sounds like propaganda to me
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras.
The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface.
The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic
industry, the very polluters in the first place.
I remember yall starting out. Now look at you guys... LITERALLY saving our planet. I knew you'd get big. I wish you nothing but the best of luck.
SAME! BOUGHT WRISTBANDS IN EARLY DAYS!
@megandufur1070 I hope they were recyclable wristbands? 😛
They are recycling the waste to make more waste though
Tbf, the planet will survive with or without us.
@@aris_mendezdon't tell that to these low iq tree huggers
Thank you to all those involved.
And the organisms that have adapted and made their home there...thank you
This is badass and the news we actually need
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All PR. ITS A PEOPLE PROBLEM NOT A PLASTICS PROBLEM!! Go to the source! I'm a plastic recycler this is only 11 semi truckloads. This is a speck on a speck on a speck in the world of plastics and the world environment. Third world countries need to stop allowing PEOPLE / cities to drop / push garbage into rivers
Too bad it's mostly misinformation. Most of images shown are coastal litter from cities in Asia. Despite the common public perception of the patch existing as giant islands of floating garbage, it can't bee seen by satellite imagery, or even by boaters or divers in the area. The patch is a widely dispersed area consisting primarily of suspended microplastics, ranging from fingernail size to smaller.
This is wonderful. You deserve more recognition
No because it's fake and so are most comments and replies are ai generated
@CaptainFordo21 buy some glasses. This shit is fake dude... it's called cgi
Thank you, inventor Boyan Slat!!!
You guys are amazing. Thank you so much. I wish people would recycle And have a heart to think about the animals.
On Earth❤
Thank you to everyone involved in this project. We are in your debt. ❤
Totally agree, many thanks to all involved. Why do people just throw their rubbish in the ocean and boats and some ocean liners their waste overboard. It is sickening to see soo much plastic and other debris floating in the water and killing and maiming our ocean life.
Well I guess it worked, the fluff piece that is this story. I'm not trying to take a dump on Oceans Clean Up, but do you even realize how small 200,000kg (420,000lbs or 220 tons) is compared to the overall size of the GPGP? The GPGP is triple the size of France or double the size of Texas and has a mass of 80,000 tons, so the 220 tons they extracted was less than 0.3% of the GPGP. While the GPGP is the largest garbage patch in the ocean, it's not the only one, there are two slightly smaller in the Atlantic, and dozens of smaller ones scattered everywhere.
98% of these garbage patches are plastic and Ocean's Cleanup claim they a recycling those plastics, I'd like to know where?? The reason they're in the ocean is because only about 5% of the plastics we use are recycled. There's no mo money in recycling the rest, and in a capitalist world, no profit mean nothing gets done. We in the U.S. ship our plastics to underdeveloped countries who gladly take the measly money we give them and dump it landfills until they realize that doesn't work and it ends up in the ocean. They claim half of it is thermally recycled, but that puts extremely harmful toxins in our atmosphere. The only real solution is to stop using these plastics in the first place, so they never get to the ocean. But that would mean sacrificing a little profit for companies, and a little more effort and a bit less convenient for consumers, and we couldn't have that now could we? So instead you get videos like this one, paid for by plastic conglomerates and fossil fuel lobbyists, NOT backed by Ocean Cleanup Group, because they know how much a fluff piece like this makes people feel all warm and fuzzy thinking we've got a handle on environmental waste and can go on blissfully destroying the planet so they can sill have the convenience of disposable everything, guilt free.
Best news I’ve heard in a long time.
So true
It actually make me tear up a bit. It's just bad news all around, these days. It's such a nice feeling, to witness something like this.
I’m sorry to break your guys heart, but that plastic will just be used to make more plastic which will go right back into the ocean 😂😂 it s a never ending cycle, that’ll only stop when Armageddon hits
Except it means nothing because people are still dumping shit in the ocean
It's fake, the OceanCleanup dumped these big trash piece into the water to fish them out for the cameras.
The plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is broken down and floating beneath the surface.
The Ocean Cleanup hasn't actually cleaned up anything in over ten years, despite getting millions of funding - ironically from the plastic
industry, the very polluters in the first place.
I wanna thank you for doing that. Thank you so much.❤
So they are taking the plastic they retrieved and making more plastic with it? That sounds like a never ending cycle to me!