Architectural designer and visualiser Honglin Li has proposed deploying floating high-rise waste-to-energy plants fuelled by plastic waste to clean up the oceans while generating electricity. More about Filtration Skyscrapers in the oceans could "solve environmental and energy problems" around the world
A floating device employed by The Ocean Cleanup project has been upgraded and returned to sea in a second attempt to catch the plastic waste circulating in the Pacific Ocean. More about The Ocean Cleanup redeployed to tackle Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The first large-scale operation to scoop waste plastic from the Pacific Ocean has set off from San Francisco. More about The Ocean Cleanup dispatches "giant Pac-Man" to remove plastic from the Pacific
A massive mound of plastic in the Pacific Ocean becomes a country with its own passport, flag and "Debris" currency, in this design proposal intended to raise awareness about ocean pollution. More about Petition launched to recognise Great Pacific Garbage Patch as a country