Most of the ocean's plastic started in rivers. Can giant trash barriers help?

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Most of the ocean's plastic started in rivers. Can giant trash barriers help?
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The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it goes out to sea.

Experts worry the ocean-cleaning machines could harm sea life, but most say cleaning rivers is a smarter approach.

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