2011年夏天,17岁的荷兰少年博扬·斯莱特去希腊潜水,却震惊地发现,眼前的“塑料袋比鱼都多”。随后他得知,全球每年约有八百万吨塑料垃圾进入海洋,你扔掉的每一只矿泉水瓶、每一个易拉罐,最后都可能在海洋里发现它们的遗迹。斯莱特开始思考该如何解决这个问题,他想到了一个办法:由于洋流的循环作用,海面上漂浮的垃圾会聚到一起。所以,与其浪费燃料驾驶清理船只追着垃圾跑,不如让垃圾自己跑进收集设备。 In the summer of 2011, 17-year-old Dutch teenager Bojan Slater was diving in Greece, but was shocked to find out that the plastic bags in front of him were more “pudding than fish.” He then learned that around 8 million tons of plastic garbage are entering the ocean each year, every single mineral water bottle you throw away, every single canister, and eventually the relics of the ocean may be found in them. Slatter began to ponder how to solve the problem. He came up with a solution: Due to the circulation of ocean currents, rubbish floating on the sea surface will come together. So, instead of wasting fuel to clean up the ships chasing garbage, it is better to let the rubbish run into the collection equipment.