At only 20 years old, a y
oung entrepreneur and environmental activist Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup. At the age of 14, he saw the problem of more and more trash accumulating in the oceans and researched all throughout highschool. In 2014, with the help of crowdfunding, he was able to set his plan into motion. They use the natural circulation of the ocean to their advantage and use what they describe as a “passive system” to collect trash, using currents to sweep up garbage. They began rolling out some systems last year and plan to begin their full-scale operation by sometime in 2020. He left his aerospace college studies and decided to pursue and tackle a problem that affects us all, in one way or another. Boyan is a great example of someone who saw pain, but unlike almost everyone who also recognizes this pain, he formulated a plan to combat this and make the world a better place.
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I love this, the idea and the fact that he started so young. I’m not super crazy passionate about getting the oceans cleaned up but I do think it is a serious problem that needs to be take care of so seeing someone so young making such a large push is amazing to see. I hope he is very successful!
The accumulation of trash is definitely a problem in today’s world, and it is getting worse. It is great to hear that someone wants to help combat this problem. I hope this method works for him and is able to clean up the trash in the oceans.
This is an amazing idea and there is definitely a need for this. With more and more plastic products going into our oceans there is a call to action for people to come together and clean it. Many sea animals die because of our negligence. It is especially amazing to see people so young caring about the environment. Hopefully many more join him in his efforts to help clean the oceans. This has become an epidemic in terms of the volume of trash polluting our oceans that are vital to our survival.