{"id":922,"date":"2015-05-30T20:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/?p=922"},"modified":"2015-05-30T20:29:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T00:29:43","slug":"true-activist-longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2015\/05\/30\/true-activist-longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"True Activist:  Longest Floating Structure in History Sets Out to Clean the Ocean in 2016 &#038; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-title\">May 29, 2015 by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/author\/goodvibes\/\">John Vibes<\/a><br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016\/<\/h1>\n<div id=\"google_translate_element\">\n<div class=\"skiptranslate goog-te-gadget\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How We Showed the Oceans Could Clean Themselves | LIVE | Boyan Slat | The Ocean Cleanup\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpDxE8BhPSM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"skiptranslate goog-te-gadget\" dir=\"ltr\">Powered by <a class=\"goog-logo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/translate.google.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/images\/logos\/google_logo_41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"37\" height=\"13\" \/>Translate<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12 col-md-8\">\n<article class=\"entry post-32973 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-environment category-most-popular category-news tag-news tag-pollution last_archivepost\">\n<p class=\"subtitle\">An ambitious new project is hoping to help clean the world&#8217;s oceans with a trash collector that is reportedly the longest floating structure in recorded world history.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2013 we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/ingenious-19-year-old-develops-plan-to-clean-up-oceans-in-5-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that a 19-year-old developed a plan to clean up the world\u2019s oceans in just 5 years, removing \u00a0<em><strong>7,250,000<\/strong><\/em> tons of plastic. However, last week, Boyan Slat\u00a0(now 21), founder and CEO of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoceancleanup.com\/blog\/show\/item\/worlds-first-ocean-cleaning-system-to-be-deployed-in-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Ocean Cleanup<\/a>, announced that this awesome project will\u00a0be deployed in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Slat\u2019s invention\u00a0consists of an anchored network of floating booms and processing platforms that could be dispatched to garbage patches around the world. Working <i>with <\/i>the flow of nature, his solution to the problematic shifting of trash is to have the array span the radius of a garbage patch, acting as a giant funnel as the ocean moves through <i>it. <\/i>The angle of the booms would force plastic in the direction of the platforms, where it would be separated from smaller forms, such as plankton, and be filtered and stored for recycling. The issue of by-catches, killing life forms in the procedure of cleaning trash, can be virtually eliminated by using booms instead of nets <i>and <\/i>it will result in a larger areas covered. Because of trash\u2019s density compared to larger sea animals, the use of booms will allow creatures to swim under the booms unaffected, reducing wildlife death substantially.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn10.trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TsushimaCamera4_1K.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32975\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn10.trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TsushimaCamera4_1K.jpg\" alt=\"TsushimaCamera4_1K\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_native_toolbox\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<div><!-- TA Responsive Insert 6 --><\/div>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theoceancleanup.com\/blog\/show\/item\/worlds-first-ocean-cleaning-system-to-be-deployed-in-2016.html\" target=\"_blank\">press release<\/a> published by the company:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The array is projected to be deployed in Q2 2016. The feasibility of deployment, off the coast of Tsushima, an island located in the waters between Japan and South-Korea is currently being researched. The system will span 2000 meters, thereby becoming the longest floating structure ever deployed in the ocean (beating the current record of 1000 m held by the Tokyo Mega-Float). It will be operational for at least two years, catching plastic pollution before it reaches the shores of the proposed deployment location of Tsushima island. Tsushima island is evaluating whether the plastic can be used as an alternative energy source.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cdn11.trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TsushimaCamera2_1K.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32974\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn11.trueactivist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/TsushimaCamera2_1K.jpg\" alt=\"TsushimaCamera2_1K\" width=\"730\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<div><!-- TA Responsive Insert 7 --><\/div>\n<p>Pollution in the world\u2019s waterways is one of the most serious challenges that our species is facing, and creative solutions are going to be needed in order to solve this problem. People from all over the world have recognized this issue and have been working hard to come up with their own ideas to clean trash from oceans and other bodies of water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Taking care of the world\u2019s ocean garbage problem is one of the largest environmental challenges mankind faces today. Not only will this first cleanup array contribute to cleaner waters and coasts but it simultaneously is an essential step towards our goal of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This deployment will enable us to study the system\u2019s efficiency and durability over time,<\/em>\u201d Slat said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"addthis_native_toolbox\"><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quicksense.net\/ --><\/p>\n<div><!-- TA Responsive Insert 8 --><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jgvibes\" target=\"_blank\">John Vibes<\/a> writes for True Activist and is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016\/\">Longest Floating Structure In History Sets Out To Clean The Ocean In 2016!<\/a>) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0license with attribution to the author and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/\">TrueActivist.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"post-datecomment\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 29, 2015 by John Vibes http:\/\/www.trueactivist.com\/longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016\/ Powered by Translate An ambitious new project is hoping to help clean the world&#8217;s oceans with a trash collector that is reportedly the longest floating structure in recorded world history. Back in 2013 we reported\u00a0that a 19-year-old developed a plan to clean up the world\u2019s oceans in just &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/2015\/05\/30\/true-activist-longest-floating-structure-in-history-sets-out-to-clean-the-ocean-in-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">True Activist:  Longest Floating Structure in History Sets Out to Clean the Ocean in 2016 &#038; video<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":924,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922\/revisions\/924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reefrelieffounders.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}