FAQ

Can you provide an overall solution to ocean plastic pollution?

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No. The Ocean Cleanup can significantly reduce the concentration of plastics in the ocean "garbage patches", but it is of paramount importance to "close the tap" as well. In other words we need to prevent more plastic from entering the oceans in the first place. Solving the overall problem will require radical changes at the individual, corporate and governmental levels of society. However, cleanup of the oceanic accumulation zones is necessary, because the current plastic pollution will not go away by itself, and it creates an ecological risk by eventually breaking down into more dangerous microplastics.