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The 20-Year-Old With a Plan to Rid the Sea of Plastic

Subscribe to MOTHERBOARD: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-To-MOTHERBOARD Boyan Slat's story is not quite that of a 20-year-old Wunderkind who magically found a potential fix to a longstanding problem. It's perhaps more accurately described as a combination of personal dedication and trial and error. When going through his old prototypes for a technology that would passively scrub oceans of plastic, he's almost embarrassed of his early concepts. "But that's what science is really," Slat said. "It's a work in progress." The crowdfunding campaign behind Slat's Ocean Cleanup Project was announced with strong bidding, no matter: "With two million dollars we can make a theoretical concept come true." With just two days left in his campaign, Slat successfully collected the funding for his project, bringing him one step closer to realizing a vision of plastic-free oceans. Read more on MOTHERBOARD: http://bit.ly/Ocean-Clean-Up-Kid Read Now: Welcome to Garbage Patch State - http://bit.ly/Y7Xmv5 Click to watch "Garbage Island" on VICE: http://bit.ly/1DxzpOz Follow MOTHERBOARD Facebook:   / motherboardtv   Twitter:   / motherboard   Tumblr:   / motherboardtv   Instagram:   / motherboardtv