Invention could clean up pacific garbage patch

[TheOldSchool]

Powered by solar panels, the platform would be attached to the seabed and have movable arms that could funnel recyclable plastic into a column. A floating barrier would prevent marine animals from getting trapped in the array.

The project is budgeted to cost about $43 million annually for 10 years, which would be offset by the marketable and usable recycled plastic. According to Slat, one machine could take out half of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a decade.

The Ocean Cleanup Array project needs $2 million for a pilot phase, in which a global team would refine the design and carry out testing.

Goodbye, Pacific garbage patch: a teenager’s invention may clean it up

It seems a little far fetched to me but if it's doable it would be pretty awesome