Filtering the Ocean of Plastic

Published 2022-03

The notorious pile of trash floating in the Pacific Ocean is bigger than first estimated.

Verdict

renamedThe same phenomenon is listed again within two editions under a new name (D33).

Continued as ftsg-tech-trends-2024-357

As adjudicated in pass 2: cleaning plastic out of the ocean continues as Microplastics (2024 Ocean); no 2022 sibling continues there (Plastic Rain persists by subject).

A trend is graded on whether the publisher keeps it, never as a hit or a miss (D6, D33).

All captured fields

rank: 539
section: Climate, Energy & Space
subsection: Climate and Sustainability / Green Tech Trends
subject: Filtering the Ocean of Plastic
horizon: Informs Strategy
page: 611
confidence: high
note: horizon is the label the page header highlights (Watch Closely / Informs Strategy / Act Now); it applies to the page the trend starts on.