Giant Trap Is Deployed to Catch Plastic Littering the Pacific Ocean Organizers hope a 2,000-foot-long unmanned boom will collect 150,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a year. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Sinosphere: Enough of the Tweets, China’s State Media Tells TrumpPhilippine Jailbreak Frees More Than 150 Inmates, Prompting ManhuntSearch for Istanbul Club GunmanPresident Xi’s Great Chinese Soccer DreamTurkey Says It Has Identified Gunman in Istanbul Nightclub AttackChinese City Official Shoots 2 Others and Kills Himself, State Media Says