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Cleaning Up the Seas

  • July 2, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

At 19, Dutch engineering student Boyan Slat thought up the Ocean Cleanup Array for removing trash from ocean “garbage patches.” Instead of using nets that could snare marine life, his device uses floating booms, or long arms, to capture plastic debris for removal and recycling.

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