Via Singularity Hub.

Obviously (as the article notes), stopping plastic pollution in the first place is an important part of the solution, not just cleaning it up after it gets into the ocean. But another key point is that by taking out large amounts of plastic waste before it breaks down into microplastics, this project is preventing a much worse problem than the one we’re already facing.

https://www.fastcompany.com/40560810/the-revolutionary-giant-ocean-cleanup-machine-is-about-to-set-sail