User talk:Kbrower2020/sandbox

History Each year around a million tons of plastic filter into the ocean. Most of the plastic filters from rivers and later become part of larger garbage patches which get which get caught in a vortex of circulating currents. This issue would continue to grow and increasingly impact our environment if no actions were taken. Boyan Slat proposed the cleanup project and supporting system in 2012. In October, Slat outlined the project in a TED-talk. The initial design consisted of long, floating barriers fixed to the seabed, attached to a central platform shaped like a manta ray for stability. The barriers would direct the floating plastic to the central platform, which would remove the plastic from the water. Slat did not specify the dimensions of this system in the talk.[1] The Ocean Cleanup was designed with the hopes of intercepting plastic waste before it exits rivers into the ocean. It is estimated that The Ocean Cleanup will be able to remove 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch every 5 years.

