Boyan Slat Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:26:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Boyan Slat Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Teen’s Project Helping To Clean The Ocean https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/09/23/teens-project-helping-to-clean-the-ocean/ Mon, 24 Sep 2018 01:45:16 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=17176 A teenager’s dream of cleaning up the world’s oceans may soon come true.
Boyan Slat is a high school student who lives in Holland, in Europe. Seven years ago, he was swimming in the ocean. He saw more trash in the water, than fish. So for a school project, he made a plan to clean up the ocean.
In 2013, Slat formed a group called The Ocean Cleanup. It raised money to put Slat’s water clean-up plan in action.
On September 8, Slat’s plan began.
In the ocean between California and Hawaii is a lot of floating garbage. It is known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Slat’s group will clean it up using a floating tube. The tube will go around the garbage and trap it.

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