The concentration of plastic is rapidly increasing in the gyres. Even if you were to close off the tap, and no more plastic entered the ocean, that plastic would stay there, probably for hundreds of years. Boyan Slat Read Quote
We might work on ways to prevent plastic getting into the ocean in the first place. Boyan Slat Read Quote
Basically I have a fleet of cleanup systems floating around, up to 50 that we plan on deploying. Boyan Slat Read Quote
The way the clean-up system works is that we let the plastic come to us, using the ocean currents in our advantage. Boyan Slat Read Quote
It’s a very strange experience to be four or five days from the closest point of land, and you see more plastic than life. Boyan Slat Read Quote
You need a group of people who will continually realize that you will run into problems, and for each you will have hundreds or thousands of ways you can approach it. Boyan Slat Read Quote
It’s nice there is a cleanup system, but if it doesn’t collect any plastic, it’s not very useful. Boyan Slat Read Quote
I’ve gone on a research expedition in the Atlantic Ocean before. I was sick for the entire week after that. Boyan Slat Read Quote
