Dutch 'boy genius' wants to clean the ocean of plastic
Nathan Johnson
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05/07/2018
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Meet Boyan Slat, a 23-year-old Dutch inventor and entrepreneur who set the world record at the age of 14 -
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Back in 2011, Slat was diving in Greece and noticed that there was more plastic in the ocean than fish -
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After seeing that Slat decided to dedicate his time to try and clean the ocean of plastic waste -
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In 2013 he founded The Ocean Cleanup and launched an expedition to research the problem -
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They focused on the Great Pacific garbage patch, collecting samples with around 30 vessels -
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All the acquired waste was then transported to The Ocean Cleanup Project facility in Netherlands -
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Where it was analysed and sorted to help develop the ocean cleaning technology -
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Here’s what the research found -
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Using the research data, The Ocean Cleanup created a passive floating device that collects plastic -
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It uses the ocean currents to do all of the work, as the device floats freely and collects waste -
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The anchor keeps the installation at the needed level, as well as allows it to move slower than the plastic -
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The concentrated plastic can then be extracted and shipped to shore for recycling -
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Boyan Slat predicts that they will be able to clean half the patch in 5 years
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