The Ocean Cleanup project completed its first mission to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, bringing back 60 bags full of plastic.

The one cubic meter-sized bags were full of fishing nets, plastic bags, micro plastics and more.

The Ocean Cleanup is a Dutch nonprofit that created a 600 meter-long floating tube that skims the surface of the water to catch plastic trash.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a giant patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean. National Geographic reports it's actually made up of two patches. 

The Eastern Garbage Patch is between California and Hawaii and the Western Garbage Patch is closer to Japan.

The patch comprises more than 700-thousand tons of debris dominated by fishing nets, according to the National Geographic.

The group wants to turn the retrieved plastic into sustainable products to help fund future cleanup missions.