Boyan Slat | World Economic Forum
Boyan Slat has been recognized as one of the 20 Most Promising Young Entrepreneurs Worldwide (Intel EYE50), and is the youngest-ever recipient of the UN’s highest environmental …
How do you remove five trillion pieces of plastic waste from the ...
Oct 18, 2016 · Boyan Slat's teenage dream was to remove from our oceans a vast mountain of discarded fishing nets, water bottles and other plastic garbage.
Every minute, one garbage truck of plastic is dumped into our …
Oct 27, 2016 · The Ocean Cleanup, a start-up founded in 2013, is the brainchild of Boyan Slat, who conceived the idea for the company when he was just 17 years old. Since then, it’s …
The Ocean Cleanup | World Economic Forum
The Ocean Cleanup develops advanced technologies to rid the world's oceans of plastic. Founded in 2013 by then 18-year-old Boyan Slat, The Ocean Cleanup now employs …
See how youth worldwide are now influencing climate action
Jul 12, 2023 · The Ocean Cleanup Boyan Slat, the founder of The Ocean Cleanup, pioneered an innovative method to remove plastic rubbish from the oceans, inspiring a generation of young …
This Dutch twenty-something has an innovative plan to clean up …
May 16, 2017 · Dutch innovator Boyan Slat 's audacious plan to clear plastic from the marine area known as the "great Pacific garbage patch" is undergoing some major design changes. But the …
How plastic waste can stop global warming | World Economic Forum
Jul 10, 2015 · Another technology – pyrolysis – may also play a crucial part, and appears to be compatible with 19-year-old Boyan Slat’s Ocean Clean-up Array project. Turning waste into …
This is how the Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleanup is going
Jan 13, 2020 · But Dutch inventor Boyan Slat thinks he has a solution: a giant floating barrier, or boom, that uses natural forces to passively scoop up the waste. And it seems to be working in …
This is how vast garbage patches form at sea - The World …
Sep 1, 2015 · The same currents that help to form the garbage patches might also be used to help clear them up, according to Dutch entrepreneur and inventor Boyan Slat who hopes to …
These two teenagers have helped change the law on plastic …
Jan 22, 2020 · A ban on plastic bags and a promise from the president - the work of these two young activists has resulted in positive change.