Slow 'plastic catcher' does not retain plastic

rotterdam - The 'plastic catcher' of the project The Ocean Cleanup has to deal with a setback. The cleaning system devised by the Dutchman Boyan Slat moves too slowly and keeps the plastic that...

A spokesman for the project The Ocean Cleanup confirms news coverage of the Volkskrant. The team tries to solve the hitch as quickly as possible. Slat was not baffled by this bad luck, because he already took into account this kind of surprises in advance, according to the spokesman. He also has good news: in the 600-meter arm that floats at sea and catches the plastic, no creatures living in the sea have been found.