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A new $15 million grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust will help The Ocean Cleanup clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch .
The group aims to remove 15 million pounds of plastic from the ocean's largest plastic accumulation zone.
Removing the plastics now helps prevent an "" by not allowing these plastics to become microplastics, which can get eaten by humans.
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