"Today's announcement is clear: clean oceans can be achieved in a manageable time and for a clear cost," said founder and CEO Boyan Slat in a statement. "Through the hard work of the past ten years, humanity has the tools needed to clean up the ocean."
The Ocean Cleanup has made it its mission to fish it out of the water piece by piece, developing new technologies to tackle this massive challenge.
To make a dent, the Ocean Cleanup claims it has fished out a million pounds of trash from the patch, a mere 0.5 percent of its total.
Next year, the company will focus its efforts on establishing a 'hotspot' map of areas in the ocean with 'intense plastic accumulation.'
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