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Plastic is destroying the world’s bodies of water. Now, Airbnb’s co-founder has donated an enormous sum of money to one nonprofit group who’s looking at how to remove all the plastic.
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There are many reasons to read, watch or listen to the news. Understanding the ramifications of recent legislation passed. Listening to recent events and grasping the potential consequences to your country. Or, simply listening to what’s happening in other countries so you can compare them to your own. It’s a staple in our lives and the most reliable way to get information.
That’s why Scrambled Eggs has decided to unite two of your biggest worlds. That is, learning English and keeping up with current events. We hope our challenging exercises, composed of listening, vocabulary and comprehension exercises in English, bring these worlds together in a satisfactory and entertaining way.
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Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | Synonym Match
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Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | Fill in the Blank
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- Airbnb’s co-founder has donated $25 million to support a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup as they prepare to assemble and (deploy) the largest plastic capture system ever developed for use in the ocean. The Ocean Cleanup’s (pilot ocean) cleaning system, System 002, has been deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage (Patch) (GPGP) located between Hawaii and California since late 2021. It has so far removed close to 200,000 kilograms of plastic that otherwise would have remained (trapped) for decades or more. This pilot system is now in the process of being (scaled up) to the largest, most cost-effective ocean cleaning system ever developed, and will feature a (capture) area 2.5 kilometers across, and a three-vessel team that will allow it to operate 24-7. As the only group currently cleaning the trillions of plastic pieces in the GPGP, The Ocean Cleanup has (streamlined) their cleaning systems to be as cost-effective as possible, allowing their entirely not-for-profit income generation and any potential donations to go far. His vision attracted millions in private contributions from philanthropists, even while government scientists (sneered) at the use of fossil-fuel (vessels) to pull the nets to capture the plastic.
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Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup | True or False
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More than 100,000 kilograms of plastic have been removed.
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Full text for Money Nonprofit Gets $25Mil From Airbnb Co-Founder to Launch Plastic Pollution Cleanup:
Airbnb’s co-founder has donated $25 million to support a nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup as they prepare to assemble and deploy the largest plastic capture system ever developed for use in the ocean.
The Ocean Cleanup’s pilot ocean cleaning system, System 002, has been deployed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) located between Hawaii and California since late 2021. It has so far removed close to 200,000 kilograms of plastic that otherwise would have remained trapped for decades or more.
This pilot system is now in the process of being scaled up to the largest, most cost-effective ocean cleaning system ever developed, and will feature a capture area 2.5 kilometers across, and a three-vessel team that will allow it to operate 24-7.
As the only group currently cleaning the trillions of plastic pieces in the GPGP, The Ocean Cleanup has streamlined their cleaning systems to be as cost-effective as possible, allowing their entirely not-for-profit income generation and any potential donations to go far.
His vision attracted millions in private contributions from philanthropists, even while government scientists sneered at the use of fossil-fuel vessels to pull the nets to capture the plastic.