“Dubbed the Interceptor, this boat is designed to collect plastic trash as it floats down rivers and into the sea. “
“Founded in 2013 by Slat, The Ocean Cleanup aims to solve the problem of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans by using a fleet of high-technology floating trash collectors.”
“The plan involved an automated system that would create a floating artificial coastline to catch plastic as it drifted on ocean currents. What followed was a $20 million experiment that didn’t quite work, providing the organization not with the ecological breakthrough they had envisioned, but instead with what Slat gamely called ‘unscheduled learning opportunities.'”
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