The Ocean Cleanup

Question 1

When and were did Slat start to think about saving the environment?

Accepted Answer

in Greece, when he was 16

Question 2

What is the Great pacific Garbage Patch?

Accepted Answer

a vast area between Hawaii and the North American continent

Question 3

What does the garbage patch consist of?

Accepted Answer

170,000 tons of plastic rubbish

Question 4

What is Boyan Slat's (the CEO) goal?

Accepted Answer

to rid the seas of plastic

Question 5

How many tons of plastic waste make their way into the oceans each year?

Accepted Answer

9

Question 6

Eriksen, another activist, says environmental policy needs to be changed

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

People criticized that

Accepted Answer

the project was unfeasible, the Cleanup could do more harm than good

Question 8

By 2050, Slat says, plastic will outweigh fish

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

When was the Ocean Cleanup foundation created?

Accepted Answer

in 2013

Question 10

The debris (Abfall) is easy to remove

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

When he saw the plastic waste while he was diving, it was...

Accepted Answer

a life changing experience

Question 12

Slat raised a lot of money for his project

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

He also had to face criticism

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Everybody told Slat that...

Accepted Answer

the problem was unsolvable

Question 15

Why isn't it easy to remove debris from the ocean?

Accepted Answer

because it is broken down into mikroplastics

Question 16

Boyan Slat is satisfied with government solutions regarding plastic waste

Accepted Answer

False

Questions 16