Summary Draft 2 - Ocean Clean-up

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The article "Boy Genius Boyan Slat's Giant Ocean Cleanup Machine Is Real" 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. The article states that Oceanographer Charles Moore first spotted the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1977, and since then, the Patch has proliferated to the point of having areas where one could traverse on. The article also mentions Slat's profession as an inventor and that his innovative design involves booms in a floating arrangement of up to 50 devices of 0.6 miles each. The article further mentions that he anticipates his project to amass tens of thousands of 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, the article points out that 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. However, the Ocean Clean-up project may not be the most feasible solution due to unsustainable funding, high costs and underperformance of boom devices.


Reference

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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