A Sausalito-based cargo ship is concluding its 40-day mission to pick up as much plastic as possible around the Pacific Ocean, and it’s set to dock in the Bay Area this week.
The vessel itself is a 140-foot ship borrowed from the government of the Marshall Islands, but the operation is put on by the Ocean Voyages Institute, a nonprofit that has dedicated the last 14 years to cleaning up plastic in the ocean.
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