I would hope that these machines would work but in the meantime is it really necessary to lay the blame on the US? Let’s stop blaming all the world’s problems on America. Besides, going by the information presented in the video most of the pollution comes from 10 of the world’s rivers none of which were listed as being in the US. You’d get a lot more Americans to donate, including me, if the America bashing would just stop.
@@williamtheconqueror4563 very well said, and in regards to climate change, they would get my money if they would stop blaming humanity for the Suns influence on our planet. ‘’THEY’’ are irresponsible and completely wrong in their lies foisted on the world stage. I could care less about these commie stooges
When you have only one option, you don't have a strategy. It is a very childish way to address the problem, without exploring other options. The Ocean Cleanup has many challenges, some of which may not be surmountable. We have already seen this in the prototype.
Every single person is responsible for the problems on Earth...however small the part they play...and every single person is responsible for doing something about it...however small that part may be... A practical...world wide plan is needed to tackle each issue realistically... To all those people doing their best to make a difference right now... I salute you... 🇿🇦
Hi, April! Yes, we need to recycle and re-use as much as possible. I also try to pick up trash anywhere I see it. We must all try to leave things better than we found it. Every day is Earth Day.
You're on the right track and some states have a deposit charge on the beverage bottles. I think the deposit charge is to low it should be 25% of the cost of the item in every state .l grew up with nickel and dime deposit on glass bottles . I know it doesnt sound like much , but when you consider the wages that were paid in the 50s thru the mid 70s . You didnt trash the bottles . I can remember when l would go bike riding and pick up bottles , you would make a buck or two in a day. All the stores paid you for the bottles .
The problem is the big guys (oil Tychoons) wont allow it. Because of the global decline of oil and coal usage ,they are pushing more and more plastic to keep their revenue on the same level. The problem with those guys is that they have almost every politicion in the world in their pocket so no. Global switch to glass wont happen - they wont let it.
@Luie P it is people’s fault because there are bins to put rubbish in but people choice to drop their litter on buses, in parks, beaches and streets. If there isn’t a bin, then take it home or hold onto it until you come across one. Today’s society always think it’s someone else’s job to clean up after them.
@@janicebarthram6759 Exactly. I was at a Starbucks and saw a grown man attempt to throw away his plastic cup into the trash can. It fell out and landed on the ground, but he just walked away like nothing happened. These are grown middle-aged adults. So selfish and stupid.
It’s never too late to pick up trash. I like the idea of a specialized ship which scoops up plastic, but it needs to be much larger to attack the mid-Pacific garbage patch.
If they can build a ship that's the same size as a cruise liner that's fully electric and fitted with the same conveyer belt I'm sure they can accomplish the issue with the mid pacific garbage patch
you cant even see the rubbish in the great pacific patch. there is a problem but videos like this are very deceptive. all the photos of rubbish they show are in rivers and harbors. that is where the cleanup needs to happen. Ocean Cleanup is a failure.
I think that the solution is pretty simple: the industries that sell their plastic products inside plastic bottles should assume their responsability in this issue. They have to use their money to clean the mess.
The countries that agreed to do the Worlds recycling LIED they had no intention on recycling it just charging Western countries big money for it then throwing it in the OCEAN now the world is. Blaming the WEST??? B.S. we should have made sure they could do what they said they would do but now WE NEED TO JUST GO BACK TO GLASS wherever possible and only use high end plastics
YES, the manufacturer of future junk should have to include the disposal cost of their product in their sale price . . . which would motivate "the source" to consider the TOTAL cost of their product design, instead of off loading the disposal cost on the consumer who then dumps the expense onto the environment. Alternatively, all caught litterers could share the total cost of cleaning up the environment. B-)
I think it is a good start. More interceptors in polluted rivers to prevent more garbage getting to the ocean and the system 002 on combination theoretically will have a significant impact on pollution. They may not get it all but it will help. Micro plastics should be the next priority. Great job Ocean Clean up!
The problem is not what to use to clean the water?!! but rather prevent throwing plastic into the water and reduce the amount of plastic we currently using and use organic materials instead even if it's more expensive.
The social problem will not be addressed overnight. Especially because it is universally unpopular. The Ocean Cleanup however has shown the ability to take money from concerned wealthy people’s wallets including mine. Because it has a big visual and emotional impact that the educational tactics lack. Of course you can see it as Sysyphus’ punishment if you don’t consider all the dimensions of the issue. It’s not too early to start figuring out a way of cleaning the oceans. Even if we keep polluting them. Follow them to understand the reach of their action on the social side.
I think teaching the asians that throwing away stuff into the water is definitely the wrong way to go! While their at teaching people not to throw anything into the water how about talking to India to!!
@@ArnaudMEURET the social problem was fabricated by industry who knew full well that it would cause a massive increase in waste. They saw higher profits with plastic over glass even though glass had proven to be a very effective solution. I remember the transition and most people were not happy with the change, but manufacturers kept pushing. The same thing happened with paper bags being replaced by plastic. I agree with the op, the solution is to stop the problem at the source. I would take it one step further, not only should the producer of the products be held accountable, but regulations should be put in place to prohibit manufacture of non-biodegradable (short term) non-reusabble products whose role is strictly packaging. No more plastic bottles, plastic bags, blister packs, or plastic/foam box padding. Until the source is stopped, the cleanup will be ineffective.
most of those polluted places simply don't have a recycle or garbage collecting system, they are often forced to throw away their stuff onto open areas, it's a huge problem in an already existing problem, since the government is also not doing anything about it.
Great to see people coming together to save our oceans. Need to make more of these systems watched a doco about taking waste to make tarseal for roads.
In the UK companies that use water or just have very large plants are required to have their own effluent plants that process and treat any water before it is discharged back into rivers, the water is monitored. It should be international law to have these plants for companies of a certain size.
@@demoniack81 No that's corporate greed on the part of the water companies who instead of investing in alternative treatment methods allowed the shortage of drivers caused by Covid and subsequent shortage of additives they use in the treatment process to run out! Instead 5hese water companies mainly in the south of the UK pay bumper dividends to their shareholders. The govt urgently needs to renationalise all the utility companies, privatisation has not worked, instead of competing with one another, they get together to set whatever price they think they can get away with fleecing customers, ain't capitalism great!
This is so encouraging! If a few more can be dispatched into the oceans, that would be a big help. Another piece of the puzzle goes to consumer behavior and how to find sustainable alternatives (hemp) to plastics and convince the top producers of plastic to participate.
I'm glad there are good people in this world who cares to make a difference. I can't imagine what this planet would be like if it was run by only corrupt and evil people who doesn't care about this planet but their own bottom line.
Theres more than 1% good people in this world . We just have to put limits on all politicians to only 4 years . Starting at the city level ,then county , state , and most important of all the federal government level . Also the top directors of all government agencies. The system right now that the USA has is the worst. People enter politics because they know they will leave office a multi millionaire in 2 short years. Theres so much graff and kickbacks
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's too late . Game over. But too be too sad, we only ruined for ourselves. Earths massive recycling systems will puvlverise the civilization in to nothing and this plastic shit storm will be over.
And people/countries who dispose of their waste improperly. The major contributors are India and other Asian countries who have absolutely no respect for the ocean
I love what youre doing! The video shows actual steps being taken and the results being achieved. Much easier to get behind this very important green program than some vague pie in the sky attack on energy. Our first priority in saving our planet should be education and continued monitoring and cleaning of the waterways and shore lines. Just because a country is poor or crowded, it should not endorse litter. Also I find the cost of the Interceptor to be extremely reasonable! Well done.
I hope they succeed in the mission , it’s so sad to see how drastically the waste is growing more and more and people like these are helping to reduce it it’s good thing hopefully they succeed!! 🤞🏻👍🏻
It is so great to watch the innovation that is going on i know this is a big project but keep at it. Our world works so much better for everybody when we protect the planet. I walk the beach almost every day and pick up plastic that has been left by vacationers. While i know it’s a drop in the bucket if everybody does their part this will work. Thank you!!!
These are great initiatives and I wish them all the best but we also need to be educating people not to discard their rubbish into rivers in the first place
I should think that a combined effort of the Ocean Cleanup project and the new plastic recycling process developed by Licella in Australia could go a long way here.
That would be fantastic, even better if every country in the world paid the expense to build two of them . Regardless if they are land locked , they help contribute to the problem .
🤔 Indeed. The cost of these machines could be covered by any one of the thousands of billionaires alive today. Or, each one of them pays for just one machine. Would he /she notice it on their bank statement? What better use could they make from their vast wealth?
America is not the largest source of plastic pollution. Majority of the ocean plastic comes from rivers in developing nations in south east Asia and Africa. The ocean Cleanup say that themselves.
@@christaylor9095 I'm well aware of that.But they like to portray US as a really clean nation.Even tho a large portion of US waste is exported to poor countries in shipping containers.Which is absurd in every way.You know, turning your problem into someone else's problem...
@@gumelini1 Production of plastic waste versus plastic pollution is non comparable. America produces almost double of what India produces yet India's plastic pollution is vastly larger. Sure, America does export a lot of its plastic waste as do many countries. But I fail to see how one country that voluntarily earns money to take waste from others nations to only then irresponsibly dispose of said waste is less culpable than a nation that pays money to export it.
The government should put in am enforcement agency that will help enforce the la law against dropping of plastics into the waters. Greetings from UK where are you from
🤔 Ocean Conservation Namibia - video after video showing Cape fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets, as well as other marine debris. The work done by Naude, Antoine, Denzil and Wally is truly compassionate and humane towards these seals with horrendous injuries. I cannot praise them enough for their commitment and dedication to the rescue of suffering animals.
I was looking for this comment! It really is not mentioned at all, in several videos about the topic. You can even see it in the footage they're showing about the garbage. Scary how silent it is
Plastic collected by the machines can be recycled into diesel fuel, which is the best way to get rid of the waste. One kg of plastic makes one litre fuel. In Australia, the UK and Denmark such plants are working. The raw material is almost for free.
@@iangreen5146 it does take a reasonable amount of energy to produce petrol and diesel from discarded plastics there are companys that make these mini pyrolysis units seem to work well with great results
@@charlesschulz8416 what makes the process effective is how much energy that is produced from the pyrolysis products. There is no use in using a whole joule of energy to produce a half joule of fuel. Efficiency of processing needs to be worked up to reduce process losses aswell so .....
The government should put in am enforcement agency that will help enforce the la law against dropping of plastics into the waters. Greetings from UK where are you from
In France they have create a microorganism that eat PET and produce the cleanest purity of PET for new products. The companie is called Carbios. The microorganism eats 1 ton per 10hours. 2022 they plan a new location with 40 tonnes per year. Would be great if they can expand worldwide.
4 millions tons of plastics are used in France each year. The country recycle only 25%, the rest is buried or burned. The microorganism eating PET is a good thing but that won’t resolve the problem.
Although it is a great idea to clean up the plastic mess in oceans and rivers, how about an effective system of return-for-recycle imposes on plastic manufacturers with economic reward and punishment scheme? Ocean Cleanup may be unemployed within 10 years, if such a system (like in Germany) is mandatory.
I don't know if The Ocean Cleanup has the answer on it's own, but at least they're doing something about the problem. If more organizations would jump on board and collaborate with TOC, or in fact come up with their own ideas, together we would stand a much better chance of cleaning up the Garbage Patches. I hear naysayers out there who say that the problem is just too big and that it can't be solved, but I condemn those who say this without offering an alternative solution of their own. We're at a critical point with this problem, so either offer up solutions or keep your mouth shut and let us work to save the planet!
Sorry, but my house is already full of rubbish and I don’t want someone to repackage garbage and sell it back to me… ignorant people are causing this plastic bottle pollution…I mean, who is stupid enough to buy water in a bottle when you can get it free from a tap.. utter dunkledorfs …😂😂😂
Mooie uitvinding!! In ieders belang om plastic te verwijderen uit de oceaan. Echt bizar om te zien hoeveel troep eruit gehaald word. Mooi project om te doneren..
Great project! Just one single concern: What about the biodiversity in the rivers? Are the animals and plants affected by the collection system? Can anybody answer that?
The collection booms are only a few feet deep. Fish, turtles and other critters can easily go under. They never block an entire river width - local traffic must be able to get around - but they do pick up water hyacinth etc that comes loose during a storm. Because they don’t move the boom/interceptor the surrounding plants are not disturbed. (They only pull the trash bin barge in and out.) I feel good about the planning they did around doing no harm while doing good!
The ocean clean up project makes me feel much more positive than the climate change issue because I can see actual progress. If there was a similar way to tackle climate change where the progress is more visible I think more people would donate and support it.
There are projects like that! Like team seas there was of course also team trees, which planted 20 million trees (and is still planting more trees btw). If you want something simple that you don't need to donate money to, there is ecosia. The worlds first carbon negative search engine. The money that they earn through ad revenue goes to planting diverse forests. If you want a project similar to the ocean cleanup, I know there's an organization which makes machines that take co2 out of the air, the organization collects the carbon and uses it to make diamond rings with it which you can buy to support the project. Can't think of the name of this organization right now, but will update this comment when I find it Edit: found it! It's the smog free tower by daan roosegaarde, a dutch guy as well just like boyan slat haha
One major problem is the mosconceptiin that countries discard their garbage do it without thought or care. While I do believe this, please also consider that less-developed counries (like Nigeria) have to no choice uut to dump their trash in rivers. Because of the economy, the people don't have a place to put their trash in. They don't have a garbage collector that takes their trash away. What we have to do is help these countries with their economy so they too can become part of the solution. Lol this is too long but whatever have a nice day
@@ladyteacupii784 As said, education. I'm sure that they have land where they can sort and deposit waste materials instead of throwing into rivers and the sea. No excuse for littering and clogging up the waters with waste. The currents take their trash somewhere else and causes major problems which wouldn't happen if someone says STOP. I say STOP.........
if I was a multi billionaire I would buy at least one of them for each of these rivers and I would give money and support local authorities by improving their waste management, taking the waste pour of the river may help, but it still does not solve the problem. Preventing is the solution the plastic itself must not enter the oceans. Also, the big companies who bring plastic into circulation should pay a certain amount for each plastic device that they bring into circulation. which then can be used for improving the processes. But the world is full of egoistic people who only care about their money, Once moral is gone everything will brake
We should definitely we focused on rivers. In our teams research, even targeting the top 5 countries where rivers are very polluted could create a drastic reduction in ocean plastics
Thanks for the idea of cleaning the sea. However those countries that throw the debris into the sea should find out how Singapore government handle debris. The health of the earth and handling of debris should be the KPI of the country leader.
@@notmyopinion4981 I know and its great that THEY do that, but that's still far too late. The plastic of course also should not be disposed into the rivers and landscape. I think we have to learn that we all share one planet. So the rich countries should rather assist poorer countries to dispose their garbage properly, than sending even more garbage there to have the poor countries solve the plastic problem of the rich ones. Of course its great that there are at least some organisations that try to get some of the plastic out of the rivers and oceans again. There is just always the risk that this makes us ignore those problems, thinkiing someone else will fix it for us.
I'm so glad to see actual workers for the Good of the earth. I'm so tired of politicanians "talking" and nothing getting done. And all that ever happens is to tie it to climate change taxes for politics. Great job people.
Hi ..im living on illinois and my city is very pollute I can see plastic all over. Im all ready do mi part by doing recycle paper,plastic and glas. I will like to go over my neighborhood.todo some improvement on cleaning. Any suggestion will help
The use of plastic has to be declared an international emergency! And where are the members of the UN 🇺🇳 on this issue. Still learning how to use a knife and fork as usual. 🇦🇺🦘
China, India, Thailand and other dump all their trash in the ocean. They should be recycling and investing more in their waste management..... They do not care about our oceans at all
So when you need an IV placed into you for medical reasons, what material do you suggest we use? When you need a clean lab room, what material do you suggest we use in that case?
What do you think? 👇 Could The Ocean Cleanup save our oceans? 🌊
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I'm afraid it's not gonna happen. People will not do it forever, thye just do it once. Even a little after 2050, we're all screwed.
When did you change your name from Deep Thought?
I would hope that these machines would work but in the meantime is it really necessary to lay the blame on the US? Let’s stop blaming all the world’s problems on America. Besides, going by the information presented in the video most of the pollution comes from 10 of the world’s rivers none of which were listed as being in the US. You’d get a lot more Americans to donate, including me, if the America bashing would just stop.
@@williamtheconqueror4563 very well said,
and in regards to climate change, they would get my money if they would stop blaming humanity for the Suns influence on our planet. ‘’THEY’’ are irresponsible and completely wrong in their lies foisted on the world stage. I could care less about these commie stooges
The Ocean Cleanup is such a great idea, hopefully, they succeed!
In gonna ignore that you are the same person
@@elvisstergjiu2089 xddd
Hopefully humans perish soon. And this plastic shit storm will be over.
why don’t you go do it yourself?
When you have only one option, you don't have a strategy. It is a very childish way to address the problem, without exploring other options.
The Ocean Cleanup has many challenges, some of which may not be surmountable. We have already seen this in the prototype.
Every single person is responsible for the problems on Earth...however small the part they play...and every single person is responsible for doing something about it...however small that part may be...
A practical...world wide plan is needed to tackle each issue realistically...
To all those people doing their best to make a difference right now...
I salute you...
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Hi, April! Yes, we need to recycle and re-use as much as possible. I also try to pick up trash anywhere I see it. We must all try to leave things better than we found it.
Every day is Earth Day.
I say we put the coast guard on it.
As a resident of The Netherlands I am proud to say that both the idea and realisation are from a young Dutch boy, Boyan Slat. He is a hero imo.
Ha ha ha.
@@KKAw49 ?
@@LeidolfLady
Did it work satisfactorily?
@@KKAw49 Yes it does and gets better and better!
@@LeidolfLady If you believe in the marketing hype. Why don't they give us all the parameters so that we can judge for ourselves.
I see hope in these people. Thank you for the effort in saving the oceans.
I think we should go back to glass, they phased most of it out years ago but at least it can be reused and recycled.
You're on the right track and some states have a deposit charge on the beverage bottles. I think the deposit charge is to low it should be 25% of the cost of the item in every state .l grew up with nickel and dime deposit on glass bottles . I know it doesnt sound like much , but when you consider the wages that were paid in the 50s thru the mid 70s . You didnt trash the bottles . I can remember when l would go bike riding and pick up bottles , you would make a buck or two in a day. All the stores paid you for the bottles .
@Luie P industry bad people gud argument. Just dont buy plastic shit and promote ur fam/friends to try it too.
The problem is the big guys (oil Tychoons) wont allow it. Because of the global decline of oil and coal usage ,they are pushing more and more plastic to keep their revenue on the same level. The problem with those guys is that they have almost every politicion in the world in their pocket so no. Global switch to glass wont happen - they wont let it.
@Luie P it is people’s fault because there are bins to put rubbish in but people choice to drop their litter on buses, in parks, beaches and streets. If there isn’t a bin, then take it home or hold onto it until you come across one. Today’s society always think it’s someone else’s job to clean up after them.
@@janicebarthram6759 Exactly. I was at a Starbucks and saw a grown man attempt to throw away his plastic cup into the trash can. It fell out and landed on the ground, but he just walked away like nothing happened. These are grown middle-aged adults. So selfish and stupid.
Kudos to everyone working on this. I hope they succeed, the ocean life will be grateful to them.
The Ocean Cleanup is such a great idea!
For sure!
Damn I rmb watching u in teh Agario days man
It’s never too late to pick up trash. I like the idea of a specialized ship which scoops up plastic, but it needs to be much larger to attack the mid-Pacific garbage patch.
The interceptor is mainly there to stop the trash flowing into the ocean from rivers
Mr beast hello
With one of the biggest gyre
If they can build a ship that's the same size as a cruise liner that's fully electric and fitted with the same conveyer belt I'm sure they can accomplish the issue with the mid pacific garbage patch
you cant even see the rubbish in the great pacific patch. there is a problem but videos like this are very deceptive. all the photos of rubbish they show are in rivers and harbors. that is where the cleanup needs to happen. Ocean Cleanup is a failure.
I think that the solution is pretty simple: the industries that sell their plastic products inside plastic bottles should assume their responsability in this issue. They have to use their money to clean the mess.
Exactly. Cut it off at the source. Total cost of ownership.
Sooo right the two of you. ✌️
I don’t think so my friend, the only responsable for bottles in the oceans , are the humans, pick up your waste after you. Thank you very much.
The countries that agreed to do the Worlds recycling LIED they had no intention on recycling it just charging Western countries big money for it then throwing it in the OCEAN now the world is. Blaming the WEST???
B.S. we should have made sure they could do what they said they would do but now WE NEED TO JUST GO BACK TO GLASS wherever possible and only use high end plastics
YES, the manufacturer of future junk should have to include the disposal cost of their product in their sale price . . . which would motivate "the source" to consider the TOTAL cost of their product design, instead of off loading the disposal cost on the consumer who then dumps the expense onto the environment. Alternatively, all caught litterers could share the total cost of cleaning up the environment. B-)
I think it is a good start. More interceptors in polluted rivers to prevent more garbage getting to the ocean and the system 002 on combination theoretically will have a significant impact on pollution. They may not get it all but it will help. Micro plastics should be the next priority. Great job Ocean Clean up!
The problem is not what to use to clean the water?!! but rather prevent throwing plastic into the water and reduce the amount of plastic we currently using and use organic materials instead even if it's more expensive.
The social problem will not be addressed overnight. Especially because it is universally unpopular. The Ocean Cleanup however has shown the ability to take money from concerned wealthy people’s wallets including mine. Because it has a big visual and emotional impact that the educational tactics lack. Of course you can see it as Sysyphus’ punishment if you don’t consider all the dimensions of the issue. It’s not too early to start figuring out a way of cleaning the oceans. Even if we keep polluting them. Follow them to understand the reach of their action on the social side.
I think teaching the asians that throwing away stuff into the water is definitely the wrong way to go! While their at teaching people not to throw anything into the water how about talking to India to!!
The voice of reason! Agreed. But what is there needs to get cleaned up.
@@ArnaudMEURET the social problem was fabricated by industry who knew full well that it would cause a massive increase in waste. They saw higher profits with plastic over glass even though glass had proven to be a very effective solution. I remember the transition and most people were not happy with the change, but manufacturers kept pushing. The same thing happened with paper bags being replaced by plastic.
I agree with the op, the solution is to stop the problem at the source. I would take it one step further, not only should the producer of the products be held accountable, but regulations should be put in place to prohibit manufacture of non-biodegradable (short term) non-reusabble products whose role is strictly packaging. No more plastic bottles, plastic bags, blister packs, or plastic/foam box padding. Until the source is stopped, the cleanup will be ineffective.
most of those polluted places simply don't have a recycle or garbage collecting system, they are often forced to throw away their stuff onto open areas, it's a huge problem in an already existing problem, since the government is also not doing anything about it.
Great to see people coming together to save our oceans. Need to make more of these systems watched a doco about taking waste to make tarseal for roads.
In the UK companies that use water or just have very large plants are required to have their own effluent plants that process and treat any water before it is discharged back into rivers, the water is monitored. It should be international law to have these plants for companies of a certain size.
Genuinely can't believe it isn't. I love capitalism but it NEEDS to be burdened by strong environmental regulations.
Is that the reason why you're currently swimming in raw sewage?
@@demoniack81 No that's corporate greed on the part of the water companies who instead of investing in alternative treatment methods allowed the shortage of drivers caused by Covid and subsequent shortage of additives they use in the treatment process to run out! Instead 5hese water companies mainly in the south of the UK pay bumper dividends to their shareholders. The govt urgently needs to renationalise all the utility companies, privatisation has not worked, instead of competing with one another, they get together to set whatever price they think they can get away with fleecing customers, ain't capitalism great!
@@c.s1393 Only the rich love Capitalism
enforcement would be the issue especially in high bribing rate countries
This is so encouraging! If a few more can be dispatched into the oceans, that would be a big help. Another piece of the puzzle goes to consumer behavior and how to find sustainable alternatives (hemp) to plastics and convince the top producers of plastic to participate.
I'm glad there are good people in this world who cares to make a difference. I can't imagine what this planet would be like if it was run by only corrupt and evil people who doesn't care about this planet but their own bottom line.
Only 1 % is good people. Sorry
Theres more than 1% good people in this world . We just have to put limits on all politicians to only 4 years . Starting at the city level ,then county , state , and most important of all the federal government level . Also the top directors of all government agencies. The system right now that the USA has is the worst. People enter politics because they know they will leave office a multi millionaire in 2 short years. Theres so much graff and kickbacks
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's too late . Game over.
But too be too sad, we only ruined for ourselves. Earths massive recycling systems will puvlverise the civilization in to nothing and this plastic shit storm will be over.
@@timemachine9156 I'm that 1%
What if it was run by people who were evil to protect the planet, a.k.a limiting humanities numbers?
The Ocean Cleanup is a good solution for ecohazard situation that our world is currently dealing with. Nice job, team!
Brilliant. Plastic production must be dramatically reduced by insisting that manufactures and users bear the real cost.
And people/countries who dispose of their waste improperly. The major contributors are India and other Asian countries who have absolutely no respect for the ocean
Howeverrrr... #TeamSeas is helping a lot. Guys, let's brainstorm ways to keep the Earth a healthy planet.
It's doing fuck all Julia. I respect it but there's 18 billion pounds of plastic, 30 million is only a tiny portion of that.
Great to see a modern problem is being solved by a modern solution. Hope to see a fleet of these around the world.
Well it's not solved until the major contributors stop dumping their waste in the ocean
@@lestergreen6489 that should be the start.
@@youdontexist. the majority of countries in Asia don't give a shit about the ocean at all
@@lestergreen6489 I heard that.. Its like extinguishing burning forest while bringing wood into it... one does not take this world seriously again..
@@youdontexist. It's sad really... hopefully the global community can address it. It shouldn't be that difficult or costly of a problem to stop
I love what youre doing! The video shows actual steps being taken and the results being achieved. Much easier to get behind this very important green program than some vague pie in the sky attack on energy. Our first priority in saving our planet should be education and continued monitoring and cleaning of the waterways and shore lines. Just because a country is poor or crowded, it should not endorse litter. Also I find the cost of the Interceptor to be extremely reasonable! Well done.
This is such a beautiful idea
These are the kind of people who need to be brought to the limelight
I hope they succeed in the mission , it’s so sad to see how drastically the waste is growing more and more and people like these are helping to reduce it it’s good thing hopefully they succeed!! 🤞🏻👍🏻
Thank you for everything you guys do! Saving this Planet is our number 1 priority and replanting the coral. 🙏🌍🙏
make it extremly profitable or no one that can make a difference will bother..
TH-cam algorithm definetely nailed it this time
It is so great to watch the innovation that is going on i know this is a big project but keep at it. Our world works so much better for everybody when we protect the planet. I walk the beach almost every day and pick up plastic that has been left by vacationers. While i know it’s a drop in the bucket if everybody does their part this will work.
Thank you!!!
it was about time, thank you. Finally more people care, finally boats that clean up.
These are great initiatives and I wish them all the best but we also need to be educating people not to discard their rubbish into rivers in the first place
Very true! Most of it comes from India/Asia. They literally collect all their waste and dump it intentionally into the ocean
We're already seeing history in the making
I should think that a combined effort of the Ocean Cleanup project and the new plastic recycling process developed by Licella in Australia could go a long way here.
Thank you thank you thank you to all the people who work on this clean up.
These cleanup boats are awesome I would like to see 300 of them in the next two years worldwide 🌎
That would be fantastic, even better if every country in the world paid the expense to build two of them . Regardless if they are land locked , they help contribute to the problem .
🤔 Indeed. The cost of these machines could be covered by any one of the thousands of billionaires alive today. Or, each one of them pays for just one machine. Would he /she notice it on their bank statement? What better use could they make from their vast wealth?
Great job! Ocean pollution is a very huge concern that is a big impact to our planet
America is not the largest source of plastic pollution. Majority of the ocean plastic comes from rivers in developing nations in south east Asia and Africa. The ocean Cleanup say that themselves.
They said US is one of the largest sources of plastic pollution.Not the largest source!You know,not great not terrible?
@@gumelini1 nah. You don't have to be the worst to be terrible. The US creates and inappropriately disposes of an absurd amount of plastics.
@@christaylor9095 I'm well aware of that.But they like to portray US as a really clean nation.Even tho a large portion of US waste is exported to poor countries in shipping containers.Which is absurd in every way.You know, turning your problem into someone else's problem...
@@gumelini1 Production of plastic waste versus plastic pollution is non comparable. America produces almost double of what India produces yet India's plastic pollution is vastly larger. Sure, America does export a lot of its plastic waste as do many countries. But I fail to see how one country that voluntarily earns money to take waste from others nations to only then irresponsibly dispose of said waste is less culpable than a nation that pays money to export it.
@@Diabol0s1 one of them is paying to make it into someone else's problem while the other one is being paid to make it into their own problem
Videos on the Ocean cleanup have been popping up on my feed. I’m glad.
Congrats. Excellent innovation Boyan Slant and all eco-volunteers.
Good thinking whoever made the ocean clean up, good luck. 👍
Thank you for this information and the great video! I love The Ocean Cleanup
God bless you guys! Hope you will do well in the future and our rivers and oceans will be 90% free from plastic. Thank you!
I'm glad this is happening. I hope they figure out soon what can be done to better dispose of the items they pull from the ocean.
The government should put in am enforcement agency that will help enforce the la law against dropping of plastics into the waters. Greetings from UK where are you from
That is impressive,never knew there was so much pollution. Great job!!
India and China throw all of their waste into the ocean. Literally entire ships full of trash sent out to dump offshore
Yes they can, never give up, not cleaning it is not an option keep up the Amazing work
Still weird no one mentions that 40% of plastic waste is fishing nets (give or take)
40% of plastic waste are fishing nets? Impossible :D
@@ukaszw6623 google it lmao
Why wasn't Bojan himself mentioned 🤔
🤔 Ocean Conservation Namibia - video after video showing Cape fur seals entangled in fishing lines and nets, as well as other marine debris. The work done by Naude, Antoine, Denzil and Wally is truly compassionate and humane towards these seals with horrendous injuries. I cannot praise them enough for their commitment and dedication to the rescue of suffering animals.
I was looking for this comment! It really is not mentioned at all, in several videos about the topic. You can even see it in the footage they're showing about the garbage. Scary how silent it is
Your video was very informative! Thank you for producing such a good and complete content like this.
How awesome!! Good on really everyone involved and I really hope its successful and rolled out soon. Amazing👌
Absolutely fantastic... Keep up the planet saving work.👍
great idea $700k really isn't alot ...stop buying drinks in plastic there is usually a alternative like cans/ glass.
You can always boil water, its not that difficult
Plastic isn't that bad if it's disposed of and recycled properly
Kudos to you and your team!!! I am planning to stop a train and get my fellowmen to clean up the trash along the tracks
Plastic collected by the machines can be recycled into diesel fuel, which is the best way to get rid of the waste. One kg of plastic makes one litre fuel. In Australia, the UK and Denmark such plants are working. The raw material is almost for free.
Yes pyrolysis method and making petrol
Not a good idea, the diesel should be phased out.
Better to make sustainable construction details of it.
@@charlesschulz8416 how energy efficient is pyrolysis?
Probably why it isn't used more.
@@iangreen5146 it does take a reasonable amount of energy to produce petrol and diesel from discarded plastics there are companys that make these mini pyrolysis units seem to work well with great results
@@charlesschulz8416 what makes the process effective is how much energy that is produced from the pyrolysis products. There is no use in using a whole joule of energy to produce a half joule of fuel.
Efficiency of processing needs to be worked up to reduce process losses aswell so .....
Wow...atleast someone is thinking of cleaning the ocean and creating machines...great job. Wish even my country would buy one
Very good very good I’m so glad you guys are working on these projects excellent work excellent work
The government should put in am enforcement agency that will help enforce the la law against dropping of plastics into the waters. Greetings from UK where are you from
Thank you for your commitment to cleaning up the oceans.
Great video! Very interesting project, but we need more of these ideas to solve the problem.
Definitely! Hopefully more companies come up with ideas like this 🙏
Trabalho incrível e super urgente! Todos juntos pelo mundo! 🇧🇷
#teamseas
In France they have create a microorganism that eat PET and produce the cleanest purity of PET for new products. The companie is called Carbios. The microorganism eats 1 ton per 10hours. 2022 they plan a new location with 40 tonnes per year.
Would be great if they can expand worldwide.
4 millions tons of plastics are used in France each year. The country recycle only 25%, the rest is buried or burned. The microorganism eating PET is a good thing but that won’t resolve the problem.
Keep up the great work and God bless you all.
Although it is a great idea to clean up the plastic mess in oceans and rivers, how about an effective system of return-for-recycle imposes on plastic manufacturers with economic reward and punishment scheme?
Ocean Cleanup may be unemployed within 10 years, if such a system (like in Germany) is mandatory.
We hope it will for sure ! I think any effort to do so even a small one is better than doing nothing ! 🥰👍
I don't know if The Ocean Cleanup has the answer on it's own, but at least they're doing something about the problem. If more organizations would jump on board and collaborate with TOC, or in fact come up with their own ideas, together we would stand a much better chance of cleaning up the Garbage Patches. I hear naysayers out there who say that the problem is just too big and that it can't be solved, but I condemn those who say this without offering an alternative solution of their own. We're at a critical point with this problem, so either offer up solutions or keep your mouth shut and let us work to save the planet!
Wonderful initiative to clean up the ocean. Grateful thanks.
CLEANING OUR OCEANS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SEA LIFE THAT LIVE IN THE SEA
Wonderful! That's what I'd call a TRUE GREEN DEAL! 👍
I see so many problems with the logistics but the tech is a good shot, though it's unlikely like if recycling plastics will be answer
I’m curious. How many of these machines will eventually be in the oceans? Likely a huge fleet per ocean?
#teamseas
Every house needs a picket fence,
so why not make them out of re cycled plastic instead of wood or steel
Sorry, but my house is already full of rubbish and I don’t want someone to repackage garbage and sell it back to me… ignorant people are causing this plastic bottle pollution…I mean, who is stupid enough to buy water in a bottle when you can get it free from a tap.. utter dunkledorfs …😂😂😂
@@franceleeparis37 HUH ???
True that
Burn dog, great idea. Thanks
@@franceleeparis37 some people don't have clean tap water
Mooie uitvinding!! In ieders belang om plastic te verwijderen uit de oceaan. Echt bizar om te zien hoeveel troep eruit gehaald word. Mooi project om te doneren..
congrats to the ocean cleanup, the ocean need us and we need the ocean!!
Great project! Just one single concern: What about the biodiversity in the rivers? Are the animals and plants affected by the collection system? Can anybody answer that?
The collection booms are only a few feet deep. Fish, turtles and other critters can easily go under. They never block an entire river width - local traffic must be able to get around - but they do pick up water hyacinth etc that comes loose during a storm. Because they don’t move the boom/interceptor the surrounding plants are not disturbed. (They only pull the trash bin barge in and out.) I feel good about the planning they did around doing no harm while doing good!
@@jenniferbrandel9622 thank you for answer amazing
The ocean clean up project makes me feel much more positive than the climate change issue because I can see actual progress. If there was a similar way to tackle climate change where the progress is more visible I think more people would donate and support it.
There are projects like that! Like team seas there was of course also team trees, which planted 20 million trees (and is still planting more trees btw). If you want something simple that you don't need to donate money to, there is ecosia. The worlds first carbon negative search engine. The money that they earn through ad revenue goes to planting diverse forests. If you want a project similar to the ocean cleanup, I know there's an organization which makes machines that take co2 out of the air, the organization collects the carbon and uses it to make diamond rings with it which you can buy to support the project. Can't think of the name of this organization right now, but will update this comment when I find it
Edit: found it! It's the smog free tower by daan roosegaarde, a dutch guy as well just like boyan slat haha
Climate change is a scum. 500 millions years ago temperature on Earth was hotter by 14 degree.
We truly are a destructive species. Hopefully this is a start to us getting our act together. Great job!
Great ideas to save the oceans and seas but educating the people (countries) that discard their rubbish without thought or care is important too.
One major problem is the mosconceptiin that countries discard their garbage do it without thought or care. While I do believe this, please also consider that less-developed counries (like Nigeria) have to no choice uut to dump their trash in rivers. Because of the economy, the people don't have a place to put their trash in. They don't have a garbage collector that takes their trash away. What we have to do is help these countries with their economy so they too can become part of the solution. Lol this is too long but whatever have a nice day
@@ladyteacupii784 As said, education. I'm sure that they have land where they can sort and deposit waste materials instead of throwing into rivers and the sea. No excuse for littering and clogging up the waters with waste. The currents take their trash somewhere else and causes major problems which wouldn't happen if someone says STOP. I say STOP.........
Love the ocean clean up. And would love to be a part of it and do my bit in saving the Mother Nature.
Why doesn’t Bill Gates, G sorrows, or the Amazon dude buy some of these things if they want to help the people of the world so much.
if I was a multi billionaire I would buy at least one of them for each of these rivers and I would give money and support local authorities by improving their waste management, taking the waste pour of the river may help, but it still does not solve the problem. Preventing is the solution the plastic itself must not enter the oceans. Also, the big companies who bring plastic into circulation should pay a certain amount for each plastic device that they bring into circulation. which then can be used for improving the processes. But the world is full of egoistic people who only care about their money, Once moral is gone everything will brake
Cause they dont reallycare about people
Bill Gates already donates a lot of money, plus has been involved with multiple charities and causes.
Maybe they do... It's possible anyway.
i've been wanting to clean the oceans forever, good video 🤝
I think you will also have the 100,000 subscribers in about a year and I can tell everyone that I was there before 3000 :D. Keep doing these videos!
We should definitely we focused on rivers. In our teams research, even targeting the top 5 countries where rivers are very polluted could create a drastic reduction in ocean plastics
Thanks for the idea of cleaning the sea. However those countries that throw the debris into the sea should find out how Singapore government handle debris. The health of the earth and handling of debris should be the KPI of the country leader.
Well how does singapore government handle debrist
Fantastic. Thank you for your work. Grettings from sweden🇸🇪
👏👏👏 maravilhoso trabalho 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
I don't know who was/were assigned in counting the number of plastic in the ocean but could they have picked them up too while on it?
#teamseas
Again, government are responsible to avoid to increase the improper way to discard those materials!!!
Problem is the governments of China, India, Thailand, Indonesia do not care. They throw it all in the ocean
Que maravilha👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽graças a Deus tem gente olhando e cuidando do nosso planeta, precisamos de mais pessoas assim🙏🙏🙏🙏
debes reclamar que no sea solo en Ingles.😮
The ocean cleanup only makes sence if we stopp disposing much more new plastic into the ocean than the cleanup can get out there.
they do, with boats at the rivers, that collect the garbage before it meets the ocean!
@@notmyopinion4981 I know and its great that THEY do that, but that's still far too late. The plastic of course also should not be disposed into the rivers and landscape.
I think we have to learn that we all share one planet. So the rich countries should rather assist poorer countries to dispose their garbage properly, than sending even more garbage there to have the poor countries solve the plastic problem of the rich ones.
Of course its great that there are at least some organisations that try to get some of the plastic out of the rivers and oceans again. There is just always the risk that this makes us ignore those problems, thinkiing someone else will fix it for us.
@@jeanyluisa8483 yeah i agree
Thank you for careing. Thats a recognizeable big differance. Cleanliness is next to Godliness . Thank you for having such a big heart and shareing it
I'm so glad to see actual workers for the Good of the earth. I'm so tired of politicanians "talking" and nothing getting done. And all that ever happens is to tie it to climate change taxes for politics. Great job people.
A solução está sempre a montante do problema.
Não poluir.
Abraço desde Aveiro Portugal 🇵🇹
So worth it! Bill Gates! Buy some machines.
Hi ..im living on illinois and my city is very pollute I can see plastic all over. Im all ready do mi part by doing recycle paper,plastic and glas. I will like to go over my neighborhood.todo some improvement on cleaning. Any suggestion will help
May be people should be educated where to dispose their waste (certainly not in a river).
People are "educated" they just don't give a damn... And Asian countries reeeeally don't give a damn
Thank you for your efforts to save lifes and our world.
The Japanese Whaling Fleet has the capacity to transport collected sea garbage to recycling. It's a better use of the time and money.
Happy to contribute a donation to the cost of this mammoth clean up effort… how do I do this?
The use of plastic has to be declared an international emergency!
And where are the members of the UN 🇺🇳 on this issue.
Still learning how to use a knife and fork as usual.
🇦🇺🦘
The use isn't necessarily the problem... It's the improper disposal by MANY countries, particularly in the far East
This gives me some hope. Still depressed though, about the oil going into the Gulf of Mexico. That really magnifies the problem.
Instead of invest billions and trillions of money on military and weapon
Government must invest in these ocean cleaning machine
China, India, Thailand and other dump all their trash in the ocean. They should be recycling and investing more in their waste management..... They do not care about our oceans at all
McDonalds and Coca-Cola should foot the bill for this.
And if they did your Big Mac would cost $15 and a bottle of Coke would be $5. Better to have private non-profits seek out donations.
And thank you for this . I was really thinking about why we don't have boats that do this.
Unless plastic production is completely stopped , it will again make its way to the ocean... recycling is no solution
Finally, some one with logical thinking 👍
So when you need an IV placed into you for medical reasons, what material do you suggest we use? When you need a clean lab room, what material do you suggest we use in that case?
What are scientists and engineers for?
Great Stuff. Love you guys.
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Damn gg.