...and I don't mean tidying up and putting toys away.

By Space, I mean the area around Earth above the atmosphere which is currently littered with thousands of pieces of debris of all shapes and sizes.

All those little bits and pieces may fall to earth and burn up or even get through and crashland somewhere, but until thenthey are still a danger to all the satellites in orbit.

Would it make sense to send something up with a large net to capture them and drag the pieces back to earth. Could we send something up to destroy them individually and force them to burn up in the atmosphere, or even push them out beyond the reach Earth's gravity?

Any good suggestions?