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The last on a device intended to pick up trash in the Pacific Ocean (local time):
24:15
A giant garbage collection device has left San Francisco en route to pick up plastic waste floating in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.
The 600-meter (2,000-foot) long floating boom is towed Saturday to the C & # 39; s is a trash island twice as big as Texas.
The floating barrier is designed to act as a shoreline, trapping plastic.
The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by Boyan Slat.
The 24-year-old Dutch innovator is eager to see if the device is able to function effectively and withstand huge waves.
Slat says he's looking forward to when the first plastic-laden ship returns to the port.
8:30
The engineers will deploy a garbage collection device to protect plastic waste floating between California and Hawaii in order to clean up the largest garbage collection area in the world in the heart of the Pacific Ocean.
The 600-meter (2,000-foot) long floating dam will be towed Saturday from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – a waste island twice as big as Texas.
The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup, an organization founded by Boyan Slat.
The 24-year-old Dutch innovator is passionate about cleaning the oceans. At age 16, he diveed in the Mediterranean Sea and saw more plastic bags than fish.
The floating barrier is designed to act as a shoreline, trapping plastic.
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