Video: 20-year-old has found a way to clean the seas and oceans of plastic debris
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
In their 20s, young people for the most part are just starting to get accustomed to a worthwhile job in which they would really like to work, and not just get paid. Because it is a real pleasure to earn what you really like and see the results of your work. Dutchman Boyan Slat in this regard, he can deservedly boast - he owns a gorgeous idea cleaning oceans and seas from plastic debris without much hassle and anxiety for the inhabitants of the underwater kingdom.
20 year old Boyan Slat (Boyan Slat) from the Netherlands does not waste his time on trifles - among his ambitious plans is no less - to clean the oceans and seas of plastic waste, tons of which are scattered on the surface of the water. This is a long-standing and large-scale problem, which until now was considered quite costly and time-consuming, but the Boyan Slat Ocean Cleanup Foundation approached the matter from a different angle.
Boyan Slat's concept is to build a platform together with a system of floats - a kind of gate that will catch debris and, thanks to the force of the current, automatically deliver the debris to the platform. This solves several problems at once: if you catch the garbage with the help of ordinary nets, then the small garbage still remains on the water. On the other hand, small nets are able to cope with this task, but they also catch the inhabitants of the ocean along with the garbage, sending them with plastic to certain death. At the same time, the Boyan Slat system, having passed various tests, showed that barrage floats catch all debris, regardless of its size, and living organisms are able to independently avoid getting into the platform. In addition, this method of cleaning requires 4.53 euros per kilogram of garbage, which is only 3% of the other methods of cleaning water from garbage.
The Foundation expects that the 100-kilometer barrier platform will be able to handle 42% of the debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 10 years. No one knows for sure the exact size of the Rubbish Spot, but based on general calculations, 42% of its area is about 70 320 000 kg of plastic trash. Practical research is currently underway near Japan, where a barrier with a platform, with a total length of 2000m, has been installed. Of course, some more research and experimentation is required, but the concept has already proven its viability and great potential.
More recently, another story about a Dutchman struggling with garbage has become popular - this time an office worker decided to clean the embankment on his own from plastic waste, and not only did he succeed - he also inspired others to do it!
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