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Viral ‘plastic-eating’ boat removes 3 tons of garbage per hour: ‘This is actually so cool’ (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

submitted 1 year ago by sheawoodrow@kbin.social to c/environment@beehaw.org

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An ingenious solution to rid our oceans of plastic waste has been going viral after climate-positive content creator Sam Bentley explained the terrific technology.

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[–] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“It’s like mopping up the spill when the spigot is still on. We can’t clean up our way out of plastic pollution.”

We need to fix the underlying problems before cleanup even makes sense to attempt. The biggest one being is single use plastics and the inability to recycle, practically speaking most plastic can't be recycled. But since corporations only care for profit and producing clamshell containers is efficient from their PoV, there isn't a way to change without government intervention.

Which, lol, we all know isn't happening.

[–] millie@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

It seems like finding a way to remove power from corporations would immediately fix the vast majority of our problems.