In the Netherlands, a 20-year-old innovator, Boyan Slat, has a lot of responsibilities on his small but able shoulders. He decided to do something as big as getting rid of tons of plastic garbage floating in the ocean, which circle along with the currents. It seems that he is getting a lot of support in this regard and there is a good chance that he will be successful in his effort.

In the world’s ocean, the massive rotating currents make the life difficult and it is particularly difficult to monitor and collect the garbage that rotates with the currents.

Ocean Cleanup Foundation, initiated by Slat, is developing a way to take advantage of those currents rather than considering them as a hindrance. He has conceptualized arrays of float that would just skim or scrap the floating garbage from the surface. While doing so, it will not create obstruction to natural current and aquatic life and they will pass by underneath.

It is estimated that an installation of 100 km stationary cleanup array, would be able to skim 42% of the Great Pacific patch, over a span of 10 years. It will tantamount to a total of 70,320,000kg of plastic garbage. Right now, an array of 2,000 m is being installed in Japan. After the completion of this system, it will become the largest floating system in Japan.

There are a few technical issues involved in this plan but, we are sure, with his visionary goals, Slat will be able iron out the issue very soon.

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Author: Technology and Beyond