In addition cleaning the oceans, drinking water is to be produced on the special ship, because another major problem is the worldwide shortage of drinking water, which has already reached Europe.
For the production of drinking water, seawater is cleaned by an ultrafiltration system and microplastic is filtered out to be recycled on board.
The salt produced during the production of drinking water is free of microplastic; it is not pumped back into the sea just sold.