It has been four years since 21-year-old Boyan Slat first proposed his ocean cleanup system. The Dutch inventor and entrepreneur was only in high school at the time but since then, he has raised $10 ...

In 2013, 19-year-old inventor Boyan Slat made waves by designing an “Ocean Cleanup Array” which he claimed could remove 72.5 million tons of plastic from the world’s oceans. Although his idea received ...

Boyan Slat is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur, born on 27th July 1994. He is the founder of a non-profit organisation known as The Ocean Cleanup. This organisation focuses on developing innovative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has designed ...

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Lourens Boot is a man of the sea. He wind surfs. His houseboat consistently ranks as one of the best ...

A floating device sent to corral a swirling island of trash between California and Hawaii has not swept up any plastic waste—but the young innovator behind the project said Monday that a fix was in ...