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It won't clear itself up. And we can educate the misinformed.

• andrewstuart 7y ago
  The idea that anyone can go out there and "clear it up" is really wrong, and that's why this sort of project is so unhelpful. This is the pacific ocean - it takes up about a third of the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Ocean_-_en.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pacific_Ocean_-_en.png When I visited the very remote pacific ocean, there was plastic everywhere. On remote islands, every ten feet were plastic bottles and garbage, in the water - everywhere. The idea that any number of dedicated garbage collection ships, given all the resources in the world, could clear this up, is just completely ridiculous. >>> It won't clear itself up And neither will we - it's impossible, and distracts from the real task at hand which is to stop the flow, stop the creation of it. To solve the problem we must relentlessly point the spotlight back on the companies that are creating this endless flow of garbage.
  • JulianMorrison 7y ago
    We put it in piece by piece and we can take it out the same way. Might take a few centuries. Best to get started.
    • logifail 7y ago
      > Best to get started. Started taking it out, or started not putting it in the first place?
      • 24gttghh 7y ago
        Both? The first of the Three-R's is Reduce. It's always more effective to prevent a problem than to clean up after it, but that certainly doesn't imply something shouldn't be cleaned up...