06 Nov 2019
River Interceptor Ocean Cleanup and their young entrepreneur Boyan Slat have been battling away with boom and screen technology systems in the Pacific garbage patch with limited success and much criticism for their lack of environmental assessment. Perhaps more sensibly in releasing this ‘Interceptor’ device which operates in rivers they can make a much bigger […]
02 Jul 2019
As the awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean gyres has increased one solution has been gathering momentum – the Ocean Cleanup and boom solution proposed by Boyan Slat. The unease about this technology and its effect on floating marine life has been developing more recently. This blog sets out five reasons why this technology […]
06 May 2019
As the awareness of plastic pollution in the ocean gyres has increased one solution has been gathering momentum – the Ocean Cleanup and boom solution proposed by Boyan Slat. The unease about this technology and its effect on floating marine life has been developing more recently. This blog sets out five reasons why this technology […]
10 Sep 2018
There is a great deal of coverage of the full scale trial of the Boyan Slat boom technology (Ocean Clean Up) and its deployment in the Pacific Garbage patch. One wonders given the high level of fishing net amongst this debris whether a different – hook and catch technology – linked to a Net Works […]