That Great Pacific Garbage Patch Cleaning Device Is Finally Working Properly
In 2013, 18-year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat founded non-profit, The Ocean Cleanup in the Netherlands. His organization targets plastic collected in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area twice as big as Texas. Unfortunately, the system the young inventor developed failed to do the job. That is – until now. Artificial Coastline In theory, Slat’s device collects plastic debris using massive arms designed to trap it. The U-shaped system allows it to “passively” collect trash using the ocean’s current to create the same reaction as a coastline. This artificial coastline forces debris into the U so the plastic debris...
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