Net results is that it took several days to collect the amount that would fill a garbage truck.
When paid by the hour, and with someone else is paying for your expenses, it’s a pretty good life time job at sea.
They show a floating island of debris whenever they talk about this- you would think it was a land mass big enough to see from space.
In reality you could probably motor right through that area and never see one bit of garbage.
Although it does contain garbage
150 pounds of plastic per hour, using two ships and a 500 foot long net. That’s slower than two people on a beach.
Laughable.
Burning thousands of gallons of diesel.
Bas Ackward approach. If you really want to make a difference, deal with the countries using the oceans as a dump!