Active debris removal is almost at the level if being an experimental technology. If it works, and if it gets cheaper as the technology matures, it might let u

Active debris removal is almost at the level if being an experimental technology. If it works, and if it gets cheaper as the technology matures, it might let use remove derelict satellites before they break up into smaller pieces. It is usually easier to remove a few thousand big pieces of trash than to remove millions of small pieces of trash.