Dutch teen’s ocean-cleaning invention to launch next year

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By Liz CoreJun 1, 2015, 7:07 pm296 pts
Don’t know if you’ve heard, but the Netherlands has an unstoppable deluge of unusual (and kinda amazing) green ideas, infrastructure, and, apparently, youths. Boyan Slat, boy inventor, has been working on a plan to clean up plastic waste in the ocean since 2012. His invention underwent a year-long…

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