Planet’s ocean-plastics problem detailed in 60-year data set
I've got a plan based on self-replicating swarm robots.  The basic idea is to collect oceanic trash and recycle it into more robots (to collect more trash to make more robots, &c.)  The geometric increase should allow for a (relatively) small "kernel" to grow to handle the global problem.Two primary recycling technologies seem promising: Thermal Depolymerization and Molten Salt Oxidation.I've acquired two boats, one to serve as a base and the other to get to/from it, and I hope to begin collecting trash (in SF bay to start) this summer.  :-)  Fingers crossed...