Don't worry, the people that you are worried about are trapped in a media bubble that is warning them that their right to single use plastic is going to be take

Don't worry, the people that you are worried about are trapped in a media bubble that is warning them that their right to single use plastic is going to be taken away because of people in China that litter. I think that projects like this will put hard numbers to how difficult and expensive "mopping" is and possibly learn something from the trash that is being collected. Then we know that each plastic straw, bag or bottle costs this much to collect from the ocean and we know that x percent end up there. Then use the data to support initiatives to inform policy.