This directly targeted the growing, almost incomprehensible problem of plastic in our oceans. As a result of our disposal of plastic waste into the ocean, five giant concentrated areas of garbage have formed across the world, the largest called the The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. [...]
What began as a $2 million startup in 2013 developed into a foundation that has raised 21.7 million dollars since November 2016 and 31.5 million dollars since their origin in 2013. The funds have allowed them to deploy their pilot technology at the end of 2017 and begin their 10 year mission to remove half of the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 2020. [...]
Thanks to the new discoveries he and his scientists made, and the updates to The Ocean Cleanup machine, they now plan on removing 50 percent of the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just five years, with the first machine set to launch within the next 12 months.
Slat's plan is not foolproof. Some scientists have pointed out that land-based interventions would work more effectively than cleaning up in the sea itself. And others say the funding would be better used to treat the problem at its source: waste management.
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