The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more hazardous if we don’t clean it up. Boyan Slat Read Quote
There is this notion that is quite popular in the environmental scene that every little bit helps, or ‘Think global, act local.’ I disagree with that. I think you have to start with how big the solution needs to be to solve the problem and then reason backward from there. Boyan Slat Read Quote
We use a curtain, so we don’t use a net, so there’s nothing sea life can get entangled with. And also, the system moves very slowly. It moves around 4 inches per second on average. So really, the chances of sea life being harmed by this are very minimal. Boyan Slat Read Quote
Whenever I used to do sports at school, there were those children who were picked last. I just wasn’t picked at all. Boyan Slat Read Quote
I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean. Boyan Slat Read Quote
Really, the ocean itself – that’s really the thing that we’re up against, the most destructive environment on the planet. Boyan Slat Read Quote
We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place. Boyan Slat Read Quote
