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

anakaine wrote: post #2

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!

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?

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

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Post by sul_tasto » Sat, Oct 30, 2021, 3:28 AM UTC

throwawaysea wrote: post #4

anakaine wrote: post #2

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!

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?

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