Summary Draft 1 - Ocean Clean-up Machine
This article by Schiller (2017) tells the story of Boyan Slat and the culmination of his efforts in making his
vision of an Ocean Clean-up Machine a reality. Oceanographer Charles Moore first spotted the Great
Pacific Garbage Patch in 1977. Since then, the Patch has proliferated to the point of having areas where
one could traverse on. By virtue of his profession as an inventor, Slat's innovative design involves booms
in a floating arrangement of up to 50 devices of 0.6 miles each He anticipates his project to amass tens of
thousand tons of waste a year to be disposed of monthly through these devices. Slat has since announced
that his project will commence waste elimination from the Patch in 2018. In addition, he aims to recycle
plastic waste into commodities such as chairs and eyewear and attract companies to sponsor each boom
with striking logos to aid his company in lowering costs.
Reference List
Schiller, B. (2017, June 30). Boy genius boyan slat's giant ocean cleanup machine is real. Fast Company. Retrieved January 31, 2022, from https://www.fastcompany.com/40419899/boy-genius-boyan-slats-giant-ocean-cleanup-machine-is-real
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