This second episode on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch explores the solutions! Should we even bother cleaning it up? From preventing ocean plastics to underwater police robots stopping illegal dumping, we dig into what’s actually effective - and whether enforcement, not cleanup, may be the real key to change.

Sources:

https://eia-international.org/news/new-report-finds-marine-plastic-pollution-clean-up-technology-is-not-all-it-seems-on-the-surface/

https://www.nokia.com/blog/the-ocean-cleanup-nokia-private-wireless-and-mcs-unite-to-clean-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/

https://www.clearbot.org/class-3

https://www.oceancare.org/en/stories_and_news/high-tech-clean-up/

https://www.ali.fish/blog/ghost-gear-the-hidden-face-of-plastic-pollution-2b3rr?

https://www.ali.fish/blog/what-lies-behind-mexicos-octopus-farm-research-facade-8caew?

https://www.msc.org/standards-and-certification/developing-our-standards/the-fisheries-standard-review/projects/prevention-of-gear-loss-and-ghost-fishing?

https://nettagplus.eu/work-packages/

https://www.inesctec.pt/en/opportunities/underwater-robotics-AE2024-0431#intro