A 600-Meter-Long Plastic Catcher Heads to Sea. But Scientists Are Skeptical

Published: Sept. 7, 2018, 4:31 p.m.

This weekend, a project of staggering ambition will sail past San Francisco and out to sea through the Golden Gate. The invention of an organization called the Ocean Cleanup, it consists of a 600-meter-long plastic tube with a dangling screen that a ship will tow 240 nautical miles out to sea for testing.