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The Ocean Cleanup Bags Its First Lot of Trash

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The good news is that The Ocean Cleanup, a project envisioned in 2012 by a Dutch teenager, has finally started operations and hauled in its first 60 bags of trash , captured by a floating U-shaped barrier in the Pacific Ocean. Each year around 600,000 to 800,000 metric tonnes of fishing gear is dumped or lost at sea.