So what’s to stop us- from any country- chipping away at this garbage patch by scooping up plastics and shipping them via barge to a facility on land where they can be sorted and recycled? Genuinely curious. I guess the finances would be a big hurdle but I’m wondering if it’s practical. With the micro plastics, maybe some sort of small filter or a suction method that can clump up all these bits and they can be melted/recycled/disposed of in another fashion.
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u/camergen Aug 12 '21
So what’s to stop us- from any country- chipping away at this garbage patch by scooping up plastics and shipping them via barge to a facility on land where they can be sorted and recycled? Genuinely curious. I guess the finances would be a big hurdle but I’m wondering if it’s practical. With the micro plastics, maybe some sort of small filter or a suction method that can clump up all these bits and they can be melted/recycled/disposed of in another fashion.