1 Man's Trash Is Another Man's Vacuum Cleaner

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HONOLULU - There's a story behind the blue, white and green plastic covering the surface of the Pacific Ocean vacuum cleaner. They're tiny bits of plastic collected from one of Hawaii's dirtiest beaches, where waves dump trash from the Pacific all day long.

The machine made by Electrolux AB is fully functional and can suck up dirt from a rug like any other vacuum. But the company said it wants the device to serve as an object that provokes a conversation about the plastic trash that are polluting the world's oceans.

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1 Man's Trash Is Another Man's Vacuum Cleaner

The Stockholm-based company has made fou...

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