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title: ""The clean-up contraption consists of 40ft pipes – ironically made of…"
date: 2018-04-25
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# "The clean-up contraption consists of 40ft pipes – ironically made of…

*April 25, 2018 · Facebook*

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[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html){target="_blank"}
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\"The clean-up contraption consists of 40ft pipes -- ironically made of plastic -- that will be fitted together to form a long, snaking tube.\
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Filled with air, they will float on the ocean\'s surface in an arc, and have nylon screens hanging down below forming a giant floating dustpan to catch the plastic rubbish that gathers together when moved by the currents.\
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The experts believe the machine should be able to collect half of the detritus in the patch -- about 40,000 metric tons -- within five years.\
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In the past few weeks they have been busy welding together giant tubes that will sit on the surface of the sea and form the skeleton of the machine, creating the largest floating barrier ever made.\"\
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[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ocean-plastic-cleanup-machine-great-pacific-garbage-patch-launch-boyan-slat-a8317226.html){target="_blank"}
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