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how does the great pacific garbage patch form
The Great Pacific garbage patch formed gradually as a result of ocean or marine pollution gathered by ocean currents.
was the great pacific garbage patch cleaned up
As of October 2019, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup was underway.
how was the great pacific garbage patch being cleaned
The organization Ocean Cleanup designed a device to clean the great pacific garbage patch that passively collects plastic in its fold like a giant arm
was the device to clean the great pacific garbage patch successful
The system designed to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch hit several snags, including a design and manufacturing flaw that caused the plastic to spill back into the ocean.

Question: were the design flaws fixed
Self-contained rewrite: were the design flaws of the device to clean the great pacific garbage patch fixed