THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...

Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...

The floating boom travels along ocean currents at the same speed of floating plastic, while a surface anchor slows the boom down to allow it to catch plastic The boom is being deployed at the ...

(Image: BW Ideol) A fleet of newbuild specialized anchor handlers will be required to help build up the emerging floating offshore ... that funded the newbuilding boom took significant impairments ...

The 2,000-foot-long floating boom is being towed from San Francisco to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — an island of trash twice the size of Texas. The system was created by The Ocean Cleanup ...

Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is ... an underwater parachute anchor to slow the boom so it catches quicker moving ...