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Ocean Cleanup Project by Boyan Slat

New technology speeding up the reclamation of plastics from massive ocean areas. The Atlantic plastic island is now larger than the state of Texas. A good news story about innovation fighting back — should be paired with 4Ocean, which is working on the same problem from a different angle.Why Glen chose it

Sourced · theoceancleanup.comcurated by Glen Kerbyadded Feb 2026

Innovative ocean plastic cleanup technology

A nineteen-year-old looked at the Pacific garbage patch and asked: why can't we clean it up? Most people said it couldn't be done. Boyan Slat spent years building the technology to prove otherwise. The Ocean Cleanup project has now pulled millions of pounds of plastic from the ocean using systems that didn't exist a decade ago. I find this story genuinely inspiring — not because it solves everything, but because it proves that engineering, conviction, and stubbornness can move what seemed immovable. Worth your time.