Technological Challenges of System 001/B | Cleaning Oceans | The Ocean Cleanup

Boyan Slat talked with Technology Manager, Arjen Tjallema, to discuss the complexities of iteratively designing and testing ocean cleanup technology in this particular offshore environment. Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/371k8sN

Although this does entail its challenges, we aim to reach proven technology with this system, but, regardless of the outcome, the many learnings from this campaign will be applied to refining and improving our design and processes.

In four months, we designed, procured, assembled, and launched an entirely new system, dubbed System 001/B. This variation of System 001 entails modifications aimed at addressing the plastic retention issue we faced with Wilson. To learn quickly and achieve faster iterations cycles, speed is key with this design. This is how we got there and what our next steps will be.
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Trash accumulates in five ocean garbage patches, the largest one being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California. If left to circulate, the plastic will impact our ecosystems, health, and economies. Solving it requires a combination of closing the source, and cleaning up what has already accumulated in the ocean.

The ocean is big. Cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using conventional methods – vessels and nets – would take thousands of years and tens of billions of dollars to complete. Our passive systems are estimated to remove 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage patch in just five years, and at a fraction of the cost.

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