Using Giant Pool Noodles to Rid the Oceans of Plastic 

In 2011, then 16-year-old Dutch boy named Boyan Slat came across more plastic than fish during a diving trip to Greece. This led to a high school science project and then to an invention that may help rid the ocean of floating plastic debris.

Slat dropped out of college and founded The Ocean Cleanup

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