I totally agree with you : Unlike other skillfull communicants, I don't pretend to solve the plastic waste problem in the world Oceans in one single action !!! I am ambitious but realistic so I want to tackle the problem on a smaller scale (to start with !). I am a coastal oceanographer I think that collecting trash when it arrives in the ocean is more efficient and more realistic than trying to collect microplastiques wandering around the planet. My focus is to increase the efficiency of waste collecting in the sea by using several tools used in other fields of operational oceanography. In order to start serious discussions on this project I wanted to know if anybody had facts and figures concerning the compared efficiency of trash collecting at sea VS trash collecting on the shore. It seems these data are difficult to find or do not exist ! Thank you for your contribution ! please let me know if my project arises more questions.

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I totally agree with you : Unlike other skillfull communicants, I don't pretend to solve the plastic waste problem in the world Oceans in one single action !!! I am ambitious but realistic so I want to tackle the problem on a smaller scale (to start with !). I am a coastal oceanographer I think that collecting trash when it arrives in the ocean is more efficient and more realistic than trying to collect microplastiques wandering around the planet. My focus is to increase the efficiency of waste collecting in the sea by using several tools used in other fields of operational oceanography. In order to start serious discussions on this project I wanted to know if anybody had facts and figures concerning the compared efficiency of trash collecting at sea VS trash collecting on the shore. It seems these data are difficult to find or do not exist ! Thank you for your contribution ! please let me know if my project arises more questions.