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Nineteen-year old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat has found a way to remove plastic from the world's oceans. Having spent a year researching his plan, he has now presented it to the world. And what a master plan it is! Since first coming up with The Ocean Cleanup in 2012 while still in high school, Slat has spent a year researching the feasibility of implementing his idea. He presented his findings to the world in New York on Tuesday. Boyan Slat believes that his invention can be implemented by 2020 in an area between Hawaii and California, one of the most polluted locations in all the world's oceans. Speaking about the area in question, Boyan explains "We can remove almost half of all the plastic from that area within ten years." Slat's invention has long floating arms over a 100 kilometres long and 3 metres high, arranged in a V-shape and attached to the ocean floor at specific locations. Sea currents move the plastic towards the point of the V-shaped installat...

While perusing today's newspapers, I came across a very interesting article. It describes research that talks about how polluted our oceans are. Reading about the different sorts of plastic that sea birds ingest really made me stop and think about what humans are doing to the planet and it's oceans. It also made me want to share the article with my readers as the pollution of our oceans is something that should matter to all of us! I've translated the Dutch article to English and posted it below. Please excuse any translation errors. No copyright infringement is intended which is why I'm only posting a part of the translation here. More and more plastic in Pacific Ocean   Vancouver - More and more plastic is adrift in the waters of the Pacific Ocean according to Canadian biologists.  Researchers examining stomach contents of Northern Fulmar birds have found an alarming increase in plastic materials. The amount of plastic in the Pacific Ocean has almost reac...