In 2013, he left college to start The Ocean Cleanup. After five years, Slat is still the founder and CEO of the company, with 70 paid employees.
The Ocean Cleanup aims to remove all plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years by deploying floating, 100km-long curved barriers constructed of high-density polyethylene and thermoplastic, both of which are environmentally acceptable materials.
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