Floating material in the Yangtse river, article in International Cement Review January 2022: Every minute another truckload of plastic waste is ending up in our oceans, and if nothing is done, the amount is expected to triple by 2040.1 In December 2020 one possible tool in the toolbox to stem this plastic tide was tested and demonstrated in the biggest river in China, the Yangtze River. The result: as much as 20,000tpa of plastic waste can be prevented from potentially reaching our oceans.