# The Ocean Cleanup \[The Great Pacific Garbage Patches\]

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ocean-cleanup-the-great-pacific-garbage-patches/953838
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 5, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ocean-cleanup-the-great-pacific-garbage-patches/953838 "2021-11-05T14:47:30Z")
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### Author: ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ocean-cleanup-the-great-pacific-garbage-patches/953838/4 "2021-11-05T14:58:17Z")

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Additional existing thread:

> [@How Can We Reduce the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-reduce-the-great-pacific-garbage-patch/779832/21):
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> Wasn’t my post - just one in which I clicked on the links. The second link, if you hover your cursor over it, contains Boyan Slat’s name.

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