Sea change: Crew returns home from trip that recovered 96 tons of plastic from the Pacific

AFTER A 45-DAY voyage around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a Sausalito-based sailing cargo ship is finally docked back home. The 96 tons of plastic debris the crew picked up along the way serves as their souvenir.

The journey was only part of the Bay Area nonprofit organization Ocean Voyages Institute’s mission to clean up the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, known for its fields of garbage that pose a significant threat to marine life.