PBS NewsHour

Can this project clean up millions of tons of ocean plastic?

Clip: 08/14/2016 | 8m 26s

About 9 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year -- enough to fill a football stadium. But a project dubbed the Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate it with a method that researchers are testing in the North Sea. The NewsHour Weekend’s Saskia de Melker has the story.

Aired: 08/14/16

Rating: NR

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