Ocean Cleanup's Plastic Catcher Is Busted. So What Now?
Bad news from the high seas: the Ocean Cleanup\u2019s 600-meter-long floating tube, which was supposed to catch plastic whilst somehow surviving the relentless forces of the ocean, has done neither. In November, the organization\u2014which has raised $40 million from donors and companies\u2014announced that the thing wasn\u2019t really catching plastic, and last week it said the giant tube had snapped in two. It's now being towed to Hawaii for repairs and upgrades.