The System, start the plastic, but it does not hold, said a spokesman for the project, the news Agency DPA. The Initiator of the project, the Dutchman Boyan Slat, language of unforeseen problems, you’ll get a handle on.
The organization had already reported a few weeks ago of problems. A solution was not yet found. The System was moving too slowly in the water, said spokesman Jan van Ewijk. “The exact reason is not yet clear.” In computer models, and Tests, the Problem was not showed.
The facility consists of a 600-Meter-long tube in a U-shape. This is followed by a three-Meter-long curtain is attached, to hold the waste in the U. The plastic garbage will be picked up by ships and further processing.
mid-October
started to work in order for The Ocean Cleanup, has to drive the System to the operators, faster through the water than the plastic parts, to catch it. May the Wind and the waves slowed down, but the System, the spokesman said. Another explanation for the lack of success was that the Ends of the tubular wave-induced motions, the braking of the System.
The waste catcher was been dragged in the beginning of September from the San Francisco Bay to the open sea to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (roughly Great Pacific waste spot). In this flow vortices are to gather according to scientists ‘ estimates 1.8 trillion plastic parts. 17. October was started up the system. (sda)
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