Why TeamSeas Doesn't Work: Their Interceptors
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 Published On Aug 5, 2022

It's time we talked about the TeamSeas partnership with the Ocean Cleanup and its interceptors. While on the surface they appear to be a fine idea, dig a little deeper and you find a story of scientific illiteracy, and a huge missed opportunity.

My previous video about #TeamSeas:    • #TeamSeas - a force for good?  

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Huge thanks to Drs van Emmerik and Schutte for their help with this project, check out their research here:
- Dr Tim van Emmerik: https://www.wur.nl/en/Persons/Tim-dr....
- Dr Virginia Schutte: https://www.virginiaschutte.com/

References in this video:
(1)    • #TeamSeas - a force for good?  
(2)    • This Robot Eats Trash #TeamSeas  
(3) https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/s...
(4) https://www.virginiaschutte.com/
(5) https://www.mrtrashwheel.com/
(6)   / 1493494193666285569  
(7) https://www.southernfriedscience.com/...
(8) https://sci-hubtw.hkvisa.net/10.1016/...
(9) https://discardstudies.com/2015/06/05...
(10) https://www.breakfreefromplastic.org/...
(11) https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research...
(12) https://hakaimagazine.com/features/sc...
(12 2 - oops) https://www.river-cleanup.org/en
(13) https://waterwitch.com/

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This video essay offers some criticisms of the TeamSeas project and it's association with the Ocean Cleanup. Is TeamSeas going to make any difference? Is TeamSeas bad? What are the TeamSeas interceptors? Will the TeamSeas interceptorts work? The interceptors run by the Ocean Cleanup use new technology to stop plastic reaching the ocean, except they're not new technology and won't stop plastic reaching the ocean. They are a technologically and ecologically inappropriate solution to the problem of plastic waste and the TeamSeas campaign is a colossal missed opportunity to do some good.

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