Founded by university drop-out Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup has designed and engineered a truly revolutionary unique system that is ideal for ridding the oceans of hard-to-grasp floating plastic.
The system (ie both System 001 and System 002) uses large floating tubes of durable plastic that sit on the ocean's surface in a u-shape that allows them to catch the plastic waste while it swims by. The garbage is then collected with the intention of being recycled.
The system also features a strong nylon screen, attached underneath, that can catch the plastic below the surface without capturing or harming marine life. It's an ingenious system that could soon see our oceans cleaned of what was once deemed an insurmountable problem.
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