Young Dutchman Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, an environmental engineering organization based in the Netherlands that develops technology to extract plastic pollution from the oceans, created The Interceptor. The invention aims to capture plastic from water. The equipment works 100% with solar energy and has a device to work without emitting smoke. At maximum performance, the Interceptor can extract up to 100,000 kg of trash per day, and captures plastic before it reaches the sea.
At 25 years old, the young man has collected several awards. In 2015, he was awarded the Champion of the Eart, considered the UN's highest environmental award. In the same year, he received the Young Entrepreneur Award in the maritime sector category. In 2017, Slat was named European of the Year by the American magazine Reader's Digest.
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