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BOYAN SLAT

Boyan Slat (27 July 1994) is a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur, passionate about
creating megaprojects to address planetary problems. He is the founder and CEO
of The Ocean Cleanup; a non-profit organization developing and scaling
technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. The organization aims to put
itself out of business, with the goal of removing 90% of floating ocean plastic
by 2040.

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Boyan Slat and The Ocean Cleanup

Studied aerospace engineering, becomes a cleaner
While on vacation in Greece at 16 years old, Boyan was SCUBA diving and saw more
plastic bags than fish in the sea, which left him thinking “Why can’t we just
clean this up?”.



He started looking into the problem and possible technology solutions to clean
up ocean plastic pollution, dedicating a school project to developing his idea
further. He presented his ideas at a TEDx Conference in late 2012. In February
2013, the TEDx video suddenly went viral, and the momentum that followed allowed
Boyan to drop out of his Aerospace Engineering degree to officially found The
Ocean Cleanup.

October 20, 2021: Boyan Slat sharing a few words during the Proof of Technology
announcement for System 002, The Ocean Cleanup's ocean system.
October 20, 2021: Boyan Slat sharing a few words during the Proof of Technology
announcement for System 002, The Ocean Cleanup's ocean system.

Armed with only €300 of saved-up pocket money, Boyan dropped out of his
Aerospace Engineering degree at Delft University of Technology and started
detailing his plan, but initially struggled to make progress. However, this all
changed a few months later when Boyan’s TEDx presentation was picked up and
publicized by various news blogs – pushing the video around the world and
causing the idea to go viral. This momentum allowed Boyan to assemble an initial
team of volunteers and launch a crowdfunding campaign that funded a year-long
feasibility study – the first real step in bringing Boyan’s technological
solutions to life. This is how The Ocean Cleanup started.

In the following years, Boyan led the organization through the initial
scientific work, testing and concept iterations leading to successfully
achieving Proof of Technology in 2021 for both river interception and cleanup of
the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Today, The Ocean Cleanup is actively cleaning
up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and has deployed Interceptors in some of the
world’s most polluting rivers to prevent plastic reaching the ocean in the first
place. To see our progress, visit the Impact Dashboard.

> “When people say something is impossible, the sheer absoluteness of that
> statement should be a motivation to investigate further.”
> Boyan Slat

The Ocean Cleanup’s headquarters are in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, with over
120 employees from more than 30 countries. In the role of CEO, Boyan focuses on
strategy and relationships with key partners as well as serving as a figurehead
for our crew, but continues to be deeply involved in the organization’s
scientific and technological work, through which he has co-authored around a
dozen scientific papers and multiple patents.


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UNEP: Dutch ocean crusader Boyan Slat awarded top global environmental prize for
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The Fate of our Oceans with Boyan Slat and Jared Leto


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January 28, 2019

A Grand Plan to Clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Can a controversial young entrepreneur rid the ocean of plastic trash? By
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Boyan shares some Perspective on The Ocean Cleanup Mission | Message to the Team

During a virtual session with the team back in December 2020, Boyan shared some
perspective on The Ocean Cleanup mission. Comparing planet Earth to an oasis in
a cold desert, Boyan underlined what is so special about the planet we call home
and why he feels that calling it 'planet ocean' makes more sense from an outside
perspective.
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TIMELINE

1994: Born in Delft, the Netherlands

1997: Builds his first ‘invention’, a chair

2004: Nearly burns down house due to a chemistry experiment gone wrong

2009: Sets a Guinness World Record for ‘launching most water rockets
simultaneously’ (213)

2011: Dedicates high school science project to ocean plastic pollution

2012: Enrolls in Aerospace Engineering at the Delft University of Technology

2012:  Presents initial plan to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch at
TEDxDelft

2013: Drops out of university, founds The Ocean Cleanup as a non-profit
organization

2013 – present: CEO of The Ocean Cleanup


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