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General Category => Science, Technology and Knowledge => Topic started by: DCPatriot on March 27, 2013, 09:18:12 pm

Title: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: DCPatriot on March 27, 2013, 09:18:12 pm

19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array
That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans

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19-year-old Boyan Slat has unveiled plans to create an Ocean Cleanup Array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic waste from the world’s oceans. The device consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Instead of moving through the ocean, the array would span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel. The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling.

http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/ (http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/)

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Title: Re: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: Rapunzel on March 27, 2013, 09:19:24 pm

Good, I've seen photos and it's not pretty and does a lot of damage to wildlife.

Title: Re: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: DCPatriot on March 27, 2013, 09:21:42 pm

Quote from: Rapunzel on March 27, 2013, 09:19:24 pm

Good, I've seen photos and it's not pretty and does a lot of damage to wildlife.

Yes, the photos of the bird skeletons filled with plastic and other assorted debris are horrible.

Title: Re: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: Ford289HiPo on March 28, 2013, 12:43:56 am

I can see someone putting the kibosh on this for whatever reason. One issue would be - where would they take the recovered plastic for recycling?

Title: Re: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: DCPatriot on March 28, 2013, 01:01:44 am

Quote from: Ford289HiPo on March 28, 2013, 12:43:56 am

I can see someone putting the kibosh on this for whatever reason. One issue would be - where would they take the recovered plastic for recycling?

I believe the concept can be advanced to accommodate floating dumpsters....like the shuttle hooking up with the space station.  Fill it up and move em' on out!

Title: Re: 19-Year-Old Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's Oceans
Post by: ladybug on March 28, 2013, 01:57:50 am

But what would those Lefties do who are screaming NO MORE PLASTIC!!!!!!