“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.
Singh, Timon. "19-Year-Old Student Develops Ocean
Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7,250,000 Tons Of Plastic From the World's
Oceans | Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green
Building." Inhabitat Sustainable Design Innovation Eco Architecture Green
Building 19YearOld Develops Ocean Cleanup Array That Could Remove 7250000 Tons
Of Plastic From the Worlds Oceans Comments. Inhabitate, 26 Mar. 2013. Web. 12
Aug. 2013.
Introduction of ocean cleanup array
Glatzer, Peter. "SHFT TV." SHFT. SHFT, 26 Mar.
2013. Web. 12 Aug. 2013.
Information about ocean cleanup array
That looks really cool, almost like some sort of giant sting-ray. Although the back of it where the bucket is looks to be open. I would hate for this contraption to clean up plastic and accidentally spill it out the back. Also if you could post a link to this article that would be extremely helpful so I could learn more about it.
ReplyDeletehttp://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-student-develops-ocean-cleanup-array-that-could-remove-7250000-tons-of-plastic-from-the-worlds-oceans/
Deletehttp://www.shft.com/reading/19-year-old-develops-tech-to-clean-up-oceanic-plastic-pollution/
http://www.boyanslat.com/plastic5/
I think last website is more specific