Marine plastic waste not only harms the marine environment, but also threatens the global ecology and harms ocean animals. 8 million tons of plastic waste flow into the ocean every year. So how should this waste be disposed of in the ocean?
There is a “cleaning pipeline” in the Pacific Ocean that specializes in collecting marine debris. Recently, a 24-year-old boy from the Netherlands invented a giant device. Can be used to collect plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean. And it can be recycled and reused. At four o'clock in the afternoon local time, this "sewage pipe" reached the water area intended for garbage collection and began its mission: garbage collection. The name of this giant floating “sewer pipe” is “Wilson.” It is a giant U-shaped pipe with a length of almost 610 meters. It is rather a “littartificial oral”. Under the pipe is a large fish-like net that can penetrate up to three meters deep into the water. Plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean will be collected in this large net and marine life will be able to pass under the net. Every few months, a ship will approach this U-shaped pipe and transport the collected marine debris to the coast, where it will then be recycled and processed. Considering the wear and tear of Wilson's materials, it could be used underwater for about 20 years. Wilson is located in the sea between San Francisco and Hawaii in the United States, an area six times the size of the United Kingdom.
Boyan Slater, the young man who invented Wilson, said he came up with the idea a few years ago after learning about the dangers of marine debris. After several years of tireless efforts, the ocean protection organization he created raised more than $30 millionAmerican rs. About 200 million RMB. There are approximately more than 70 researchers in his organization. So far, Wilson has collected more than 50 tons of ocean plastic waste as planned. I hope everyone will stop littering and polluting the environment and work together to protect our sea.