Ocean Plastic Clean-up Machine. Is it Really Working?

[Sea Save Foundation]

Boyan Slat has created, with much fanfare, a machine to clean up the mainly plastic garbage patches in the world’s oceans within five years. Scientists are skeptical because a working prototype has not been shown. Also, most plastic is in the form of microplastics throughout the seawater column, and only 1 percent of marine plastic is found near or at the surface. Plus he doesn’t address the problem of picking up plants and animals along with the plastics. Most scientists promote the reduction of plastics into the ocean and better packaging designs.

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What do you think? Will this machine make a significant difference in cleaning the plastics in our oceans?

 

[tilikum]

I think you answered your own question. The solution lies in discontinuing the addition of more garbage into the oceans.