A Massachusetts teenager's impressive invention is helping to clean up small pieces of plastic from the ocean.Anna Du, 17, said she was inspired to create her machine at the age of 11 when she found ...
When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of ...
What’s the best way to get plastic out of the ocean? Two nonprofits take different approaches to the problem of removing the 24 billion pounds of plastic that flow into the ocean each year—and face ...
Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...
FUTURE. A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S IMPRESSIVE INVENTION IS HELPING CLEAN UP PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN. ANNA DU OF ANDOVER SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED AT THE AGE OF 11 BY HER LOVE OF MAKING JEWELRY OUT OF SEA ...