A Millennial's Fight to Clean Up 150 Million Pounds of Ocean Trash
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Boyan Slat, the creator of the barrier and CEO and founder of The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation dedicated to developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic.
( Courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup )
( Courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup )