Technology for cleaning up ocean pollution

“19-year-old develops ocean cleanup array that could remove 7,250,000 tons of plastic from the world’s oceans.” I searched on website and wanted to find some information about technology for cleaning up ocean pollution. Apparently, this news caused my attention.

Boyan Slat is 19-year-old, whois studying in Dutch University. He created a device which “consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world” when he was doing a project about ocean’s garbage patches.

How it works?

Good questions. Plastic in the ocean would be forced in the direction of the platforms because of the angle of the booms. What’s more, after forced, plastic “would be separated from plankton, filtered and stored for recycling.”

After reading the information I can find on websites, I still have some questions about this wonderful invention. Fortunately, I find his specific website and the way for contacting him. I sent him a massage and hopefully I can get his answers back soon.

 

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Introduction of ocean cleanup array

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Information about ocean cleanup array

New survey analysis

After I narrowed the topic, I created a new survey about ocean pollution.

1.   Which ocean do you think is most severely polluted?

Well, most people think that Pacific Ocean is most severely polluted. Indeed, the Pacific Ocean is regarded as the “dead sea” last few years. There are three reasons can explain why. Firstly, “Trash Island” is one of the reasons. I have already mentioned the great garbage patch in my last post. Secondly, with development of some developing countries around Pacific Ocean, such as China and Thailand, the Ocean is facing triple pollution issue from industry, manufacturing, and agriculture. Thirdly, nuclear leak happened in Japan due to the earthquake in 2011. As known to us, nuclear pollution is extremely hard to completely clean up. It’s interesting that no one thinks Arctic Ocean is polluted. In my opinion, the earth is a circle and with movement of water, every ocean has pollution more or less.

2. How concerned are you about ocean pollution?

26.09 percent of people are extremely concerned and 39.13 percent of people are very concerned. I’m glad that people are concerned about ocean pollution, but it’s useless if people simply are concerned rather than taking actions like the Chinese old saying goes, all talk and no action is false.

3. What is the biggest cause of ocean pollution?

Actually, all of my options I post in the survey are factors caused pollution. Among the options, three of them are considered as big causes, which are oil spills and leak, industrial waste, and littering and dumping especially plastic. In order to develop their economy, some developing countries sacrifice the environment. When they realize how important the environment is, it’s too late to clean it up.

4. Which way do you prefer to prevent ocean pollution?

Stricter government regulations on industry and manufacturing and renewable energy sources so off-shore drilling no longer needed are two ways most people prefer to prevent ocean pollution. Well, as far as I’m concerned, the best but hardest way to prevent it is to develop human beings’ entire accomplishment. As long as people realize environment is extremely significant to their lives, we’ll get the best result.

5. What changes do you make at home to do your part by making these ocean-friendly choices?

People do something they can do in their everyday life, such as carry a reusable shopping bag, recycle, and don’t litter. I just want to say keep doing and make improvement.

6. How confident are you that we can prevent and clean up pollution?

The amount of people feel moderately confident is as many as people are slightly confident. I hope we can do best and completely clean up pollution.