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Boyan Slat's Ocean Cleanup Project to launch in 2016

The project will utilize a 2,000-meter barrier, making it the largest floating structure ever deployed in the ocean.



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Dutch inventor launches ocean cleanup mission

Boyan Slat’s system has arrived at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and it's already collecting plastic.



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Ocean Cleanup mission takes aim at rivers

Boyan Slat's plastic cleanup system successfully collects plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and has started picking up trash in rivers, too.



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The Ocean Cleanup and Floating Marine Life

Earlier this year I warned that The Ocean Cleanup would catch and kill floating marine life. This week they announced they’re collecting plastic, and their picture…