Giant floating rubbish collector devised in bid to scoop up 80k tonne island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean

A 2000 ft floating garbage shovel will fall into the Pacific Ocean to dig a gigantic island

Although scientists are concerned that it will emit harmful greenhouse gases and may endanger wildlife, the ocean purification project may be continued next month.

On 9th September, a 2000 - foot U - shaped tube designed by Boyan Slat, a 23 - year - old Dutch college student, will be released into the sea to capture Grand Pacific 's garbage patch.

According to the "Science Report" magazine, this patch weighs 80 thousand tons and contains 8 trillion garbage.

Located between Hawaii and California, it is considered the world's largest waste plastic

Devices that have not been tested are designed to move slowly along the surface of the water and collect garbage along the way

It consists of a series of tubes, each tube 4 feet in diameter and a 9 foot skirt in the water.

This device operates without human intervention by solar light and collision avoidance system.

Ocean Cleanup claims that 50% of the patch can be cleaned up in just five years by fully deploying their system.

In his presentation last year, Mr. Slat said, "We are adopting the" test learning "attitude, so through our professional partners, we have successfully completed the work until technology is confirmed I think that it will be. "

The Ocean Cleanup Project insists that this device is slow, that there is time for wildlife to swim and not to hurt.

Dr. Sukinsee, Senior Policing Policy Officer of Marine Protection Association (MCS) told Telegraph: "We are seriously concerned about the purification of the ocean and its effectiveness.

"Wild animals, especially smaller floating planktons that many creatures rely on, and animals that float passively to the sea and can not avoid these arrangements are likely to be affected.

"Most of this waste is dispersed throughout the water column and it is possible to absorb only substances on the surface."

MCS also expressed concern that the time and energy used by the system could generate more greenhouse gases.

Focus on millions of tons of garbage contained in the patch - the float between California and Hawaii is twice that of Texas - the Marine Cleanup Project sent out a huge floating garbage collector trying to find it There. Its first washing system was started near San Francisco on Saturday. Jenna Jambeck, an associate professor of engineering at the University of Georgia who is a co-author of the study, says: "It is difficult to predict what will happen to plastic waste once used in China's processing facilities," Some of them may be transferred to other countries, but most countries are Needless to say that waste occurring elsewhere in the world, we lack the foundation for managing their own waste. "

What is temporary culture for 60 years? Welcome to the Grand Pacific Garbage Patch - The garbage vortex between California and Hawaii is considered to contain more than 140,000 tons of floating plastic (the contents of about 12,000 garbage trucks) from landfill sites, sewers and rivers to the sea It is. Pacific patches are the largest among the five "junk soups" in the waters of the world (estimated range is twice as large as that of Texas from the UK). It is also the focus of a controversial project called Ocean Cleanup (TOC), and its successful cloud funding may refer to a new approach to solving global environmental problems.

Fact 5: There is a garbage island twice as large as Texas in the Pacific Ocean. The North Pacific Ocean outside the California coast is the world's largest marine garbage dump. There, the number of floating plastic parts exceeds the total number of nearby marine organisms of 6: 1. Fact 6: Oil is the earliest cause of ocean degradation, much more harmful than garbage and garbage. However, due to the actual oil spill, only a small portion of oil (about 12%) is dumped into the ocean. Most of the oil that causes marine damage is caused by land drainage. Oil spill suffocates marine life, causing changes in behavior and insulation damage. It basically changes the entire ecosystem of the affected areas, such as the long coastline and the deep sea.