Ocean Cleanup's first trash-catching trials cut short by busted boom

When Boyan Slat and his team at the Ocean Cleanup Project dragged their 100-m (330-ft) trash-catching boom out to sea in June, the Dutch entrepreneur gave the system a 30 percent chance of breaking. Unfortunately for Slat, these fears have now materialized with the team having to haul the barrier back into shore after it was bent out of shape by the angry Dutch seas.

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Category: Environment

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• Ocean Cleanup project
• Plastic waste

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