Efficiency of River Plastic Waste Interception and Implications for Ocean Plastic Mass
By Kelvin Green
Plastic pollution is a growing threat to marine ecosystems and human welfare. A recent fundraising campaign, #TeamSeas, aims to remove 30 million pounds of plastic from the ocean. One of the beneficiaries of the campaign, The Ocean Cleanup, has developed river Interceptors to capture plastic waste in rivers before it reaches the ocean.
