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Plastic - coping with floating garbage dumps

June 30, 2014

The world's oceans harbor huge, slowly spiraling garbage dumps consisting mostly of discarded plastic. There have been many plans for getting rid of the waste, but ...

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Now a huge floating platform has been designed to address the problem. It works by channeling the floating garbage into still-water areas beneath the platform, where it floats to the surface and is collected for processing. Although the design is still just a model, its creator and institutes at Aachen University are looking out for sponsors.