Solving the world's oceanic plastic pollution problem

Solving the world's oceanic plastic pollution problem

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"Pessimism is what preserves the status quo and optimism is what brings us forward." - Boyan Slat of the Ocean Cleanup Project.

Have you heard of the Ocean Cleanup Project, the brainchild of a then 16 year old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat? If not, please feel free to acquaint yourself with his remarkable environmental work.

What he has managed to do, even as a teenager, brings to mind the famous quote by Anthropologist Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world."