This article by Schiller (2017), tells the story of Boyan Slat and the culmination of his efforts in making his vision of an Ocean Clean-up Machine a reality. Oceanographer Charles Moore first spotted the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1977. Since then, the Patch has proliferated to the point of having areas where one could traverse on. By virtue of his profession as an inventor, Slat's innovative design involves booms in a floating arrangement of up to 50 devices of 0.6 miles each. He anticipates his project to amass tens of thousand tons of waste a year to be disposed of monthly through these devices. Slat has since announced that his project will commence waste elimination from the Patch in 2018. In addition, he aims to recycle plastic waste into commodities such as chairs and eyewear and attract companies to sponsor each boom with striking logos to aid his company in lowering costs.
Litter in the ocean over the years has reached an unacceptable level. It is time we do something about it. The implementation if the Ocean Clean-up Machine is a great way to start.
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Schiller, B. (2017, June 30). Boy genius boyan slat's giant ocean cleanup machine is real. Fast Company. Retrieved January 31, 2022, from https://www.fastcompany.com/40419899/boy-genius-boyan-slats-giant-ocean-cleanup-machine-is-real
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