PBS News Weekend

Season 6, Episode 14 of 99

More than 8 million tons of plastic are dumped into the world's oceans every year, and scientists say that will double in the next decade and further imperil fish and marine animals. But one 21-year-old Dutch innovator is testing a way to mitigate the damage -- with a enormous barrier that captures large pieces of ocean plastics before they breakdown and are unrecoverable. NewsHour Weekend's Saskia de Melker reports from the Netherlands.

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8/14/2016
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