EcoWatch shares how Dutch non-profit called Ocean Cleanup was determined to clean plastics from the oceans "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" which they say is twice the size of Texas has had success.

the scientist responsible for initiating this project began promoting his ideas back in 2012, at the age of 18. After several attempts and needs for tweaking the process you can see by the tweet above they have achieved their goals.

In the companies press release they are ready to begin the clean up and recycling process.

More of the process.

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