Following 45 days of cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a cargo vessel hauling approximately 200,000 pounds of waste reached Sausalito on Tuesday.
The 132-foot cargo vessel from the Ocean Voyages Institute accumulated over 96 tons of ocean debris — including sorts of fishing nets and plastic toys — during the cleanup voyage from Honolulu through the North Pacific Gyre (or the patch).
Across 4,600 nm, the ship’s crew members recovered the garbage haul in the vast Pacific area between San...