Boyan Slat is an engineering student who is designing a concept for floating booms that would sift debris from the water.
Boyan Slat is a 19-year-old engineering student who has detailed plans for a concept Ocean Cleanup system that could help remove over 7 million tons of plastic from the water. The design would clean up the large ‘Garbage Patches’ using floating booms rather than nets to cover wide areas.
By not using nets or mesh, the result will be that small debris will be diverted and extracted with virtually no by-catch of fish or other living organisms. The ocean currents would drive plastic toward the self-supportive Ocean Cleanup platforms, powered by the sun, currents, and waves.
They estimate that by selling the plastic retrieved from the gyres, they would be able to make more money than the plan costs to execute.
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- Problem Solver - Ocean Cleanup Group Search Engineon November 26, 2023 at 2:53 pm
If you want to get in contact with the Problem Solver that shared this solution, write us here or at geneva-youth-info(at)unige.ch ...
- Maersk Supply Service extends ties with The Ocean Cleanupon November 21, 2023 at 4:00 pm
The Ocean Cleanup, an international non-profit organisation, has been testing different technologies since 2018 and has now established a system that can consistently capture significant ...
- Maersk and The Ocean Cleanup Forge Ahead in Plastic Captureon November 21, 2023 at 6:47 am
Offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service, A.P. Moller – Maersk, and The Ocean Cleanup have agreed to extend their collaboration to complete the validation of the system by The Ocean Cleanup which ...
- Maersk and The Ocean Cleanup Forge Ahead in Plastic Captureon November 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Offshore vessel owner Maersk Supply Service, A.P. Moller – Maersk, and The Ocean Cleanup have agreed to extend their collaboration to complete the validation of the system by The Ocean Cleanup ...
- Loddlenaut review: a cute, but simple ocean clean-up adventureon November 16, 2023 at 7:00 am
It won't challenge you in any shape or form, but Loddlenaut is a feel-good, low-stakes ocean clean-up adventure that ...
- Waves of waste: The harsh truth about ocean plasticon November 14, 2023 at 5:01 am
From the depths of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to global shorelines, recycling and cleanup crusades are in full swing. But do they stand a chance against the plastic deluge?
- Should we clean up the trash in our oceans? New study has a controversial answer.on November 9, 2023 at 4:01 pm
That includes cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an infamous collection of trash between Hawaii and California that has spurred on the "Ocean Cleanup" project, which uses mechanical means ...
- Latest phase in the Ocean Cleanup Project beginson November 1, 2023 at 5:00 pm
In the persistent battle against marine plastic pollution, The Ocean Cleanup has unveiled its most ambitious project yet – System 03. The latest development in oceanic plastic removal technology, this ...
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- MOO Premium Foods Have Admitted “100% ocean plastics” Claims Misled Consumerson November 28, 2023 at 5:09 pm
South Australian yoghurt manufacturer MOO Premium Foods has agreed to stop using the term “100% ocean plastics” after an investigation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission found the ...
- The Ocean Race to help collect rare data in remote areas of Antarcticaon November 28, 2023 at 2:18 pm
Locations south of 70 degrees will be tested for microplastics and to assess the impact of climate change on the ocean The analysis of tiny microplastics ...
- Nigerians are building earthquake-proof homes with plastic bottles that are much stronger than brickson November 28, 2023 at 12:27 pm
Each Nigerian earthquake-proof house takes around 14,000 bottles to build and have been praised for its sustainability ...
- Plankton Are Making Ocean Plastic Pollution Even More of a Messon November 28, 2023 at 4:17 am
From there, rotifers were an obvious choice because they are common and equipped with what scientists call trophi—specialized grinders to process their diet of algae and other tiny bites. “Rotifers ...
- This artist discovered a way to turn ocean trash into treasureon November 27, 2023 at 2:15 pm
At the dawn of the pandemic, Montreal artist Ari Bayuaji found himself stranded in Bali. But his time there resulted in a transformative art project: Weaving the Ocean.
- Potential threats, promising resources in thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on ocean plastic trashon November 27, 2023 at 6:48 am
A team of scientists from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found both potential threats and promising resources in the thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on ...
- Q&A: Our addiction to plastic has to end, No More Plastic founder sayson November 27, 2023 at 1:48 am
At this year's Lisbon Web Summit, Euroviews talked to Rosalie Mann about the reasons why we are oblivious to the dangers plastic poses to our health and our environment, and the different ways to ...
- World - Microbes in Ocean Plastic Trash: Harmful and Promisingon November 26, 2023 at 10:48 pm
NTU Singapore scientists find both potential threats and promising resources in the thriving colonies of bacteria and fungi on ocean plastic trash ...
- Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion: here’s whyon November 24, 2023 at 10:05 am
There is a risk that an excessive reliance on emotive imagery may distract away from the policy that is actually needed.
- New Coral Adoption Program by 4ocean to Help Save Reefs–Every Bracelet Plants a Coral and Removes Ocean Plasticon November 19, 2023 at 7:27 am
Every 4ocean bracelet sold will plant a live coral on a damaged reef–and you can watch your adopted coral grown in a nursery.
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