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Viral ‘plastic-eating’ boat removes 3 tons of garbage per hour: ‘This is actually so cool’
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this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2023
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apparently it's not super great: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22949475/ocean-plastic-pollution-cleanup
We need to fix the underlying problems before cleanup even makes sense to attempt. The biggest one being is single use plastics and the inability to recycle, practically speaking most plastic can't be recycled. But since corporations only care for profit and producing clamshell containers is efficient from their PoV, there isn't a way to change without government intervention.
Which, lol, we all know isn't happening.
It seems like finding a way to remove power from corporations would immediately fix the vast majority of our problems.