--- title: "15 Plastic Quotes By Boyan Slat" description: "15 Plastic quotes by Boyan Slat. Plus more from Boyan Slat and more Plastic sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/boyan-slat-8602_first_we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic_1789668.jpg" --- > [We might work on ways to prevent plastic getting into the ocean in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic-getting-into-the-ocean-in/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/boyan-slat-8602_first_we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic_1789668.jpg) > [Plastic doesn't have to be ocean plastic pollution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic-pollution/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/boyan-slat-8602_ocean_plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic_2284967.jpg) > [To catch the plastic, act like the plastic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plastic/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/boyan-slat-8602_act_to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plasti_2634847.jpg) > [The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more hazardous if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the-plastic-that-is-already-out/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/boyan-slat-8602_become_the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the_1082548.jpg) > [For 60 years man has been putting plastic into the ocean. And from that day onward we're also taking it back out again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/for-60-years-man-has-been-putting-plastic-into-the-ocean-and-from/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/boyan-slat-8602_again_for-60-years-man-has-been-putting-plasti_84912.jpg) > [What humans aren't good at is trying to consume less, to consume less plastic, to not be lazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/what-humans-aren-t-good-at-is-trying-to-consume-less-to-consume-less/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/boyan-slat-8602_good_what-humans-aren-t-good-at-is-trying-to_1117838.jpg) > [It's a very strange experience to be four or five days from the closest point of land, and you see more plastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-a-very-strange-experience-to-be-four-or-five-days-from-the/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99a/boyan-slat-8602_days_it-s-a-very-strange-experience-to-be-fou_3158248.jpg) > [We're starting with the North Pacific gyre simply because it is the largest accumulation of plastic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-re-starting-with-the-north-pacific-gyre-simply-because-it-is-the/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/boyan-slat-8602_because_we-re-starting-with-the-north-pacific-gy_1476052.jpg) > [It's nice there is a cleanup system, but if it doesn't collect any plastic, it's not very useful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-nice-there-is-a-cleanup-system-but-if-it-doesn-t-collect-any/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/boyan-slat-8602_cleanup_it-s-nice-there-is-a-cleanup-system-but_787452.jpg) > [The way the clean-up system works is that we let the plastic come to us, using the ocean currents in our advantage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/the-way-the-clean-up-system-works-is-that-we-let-the-plastic-come-to/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/080/boyan-slat-8602_come_the-way-the-clean-up-system-works-is-tha_976571.jpg) > [It was a long journey, but it was also a relief to see that first plastic being caught.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-was-a-long-journey-but-it-was-also-a-relief-to-see-that-first/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/boyan-slat-8602_being_it-was-a-long-journey-but-it-was-also-a_2446349.jpg) > [Look at climate change. That's a bigger problem than plastic, but we can't all focus on that and forget about plastic -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/look-at-climate-change-that-s-a-bigger-problem-than-plastic-but-we/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/525/boyan-slat-8602_attention_look-at-climate-change-that-s-a-bigger-p_610802.jpg) > [Coastlines are very effective ways of catching plastic. But the thing is, in those vast ocean garbage patches, there's simply no coastlines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/coastlines-are-very-effective-ways-of-catching-plastic-but-the-thing/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/boyan-slat-8602_garbage_coastlines-are-very-effective-ways-of-ca_2241721.jpg) > [This plastic doesn't go away by itself, and to just let hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic be out there to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/this-plastic-doesn-t-go-away-by-itself-and-to-just-let-hundreds-of/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/boyan-slat-8602_dangerous_this-plastic-doesn-t-go-away-by-itself-a_1638261.jpg) > [Everyone said to me: 'Oh there's nothing you can do about plastic once it gets into the oceans,' and I wondered whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/everyone-said-to-me-oh-there-s-nothing-you-can-do-about-plastic-once/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba0/boyan-slat-8602_about_everyone-said-to-me-oh-there-s-nothing-y_1264655.jpg) ## Other authors on Plastic ## More by Boyan Slat > [Musk is very inspiring to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/musk-is-very-inspiring-to-me/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [I think humanity can do more than one thing at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-think-humanity-can-do-more-than-one-thing-at-the-same-time/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [Whenever you start working on something, you have to go about it with the underlying assumption that this puzzle has a solution, right? If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/whenever-you-start-working-on-something-you-have-to-go-about-it-with/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [For 60 years man has been putting plastic into the ocean. And from that day onward we're also taking it back out again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/for-60-years-man-has-been-putting-plastic-into-the-ocean-and-from/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [We started solely concentrating on cleaning up the Garbage Patch because we felt it was the most neglected part of the spectrum of solutions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-started-solely-concentrating-on-cleaning-up-the-garbage-patch/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [We use a curtain, so we don't use a net, so there's nothing sea life can get entangled with. And also, the system moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-use-a-curtain-so-we-don-t-use-a-net-so-there-s-nothing-sea-life/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [When ideas are confronted with reality, there will always be surprises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/when-ideas-are-confronted-with-reality-there-will-always-be-surprises/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [When I started there was this consensus that you could never clean this up, that the problem is way too big, the ocean is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/when-i-started-there-was-this-consensus-that-you-could-never-clean/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [I think people overestimate the risk of high-risk projects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-think-people-overestimate-the-risk-of-high-risk-projects/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [The legacy, the waste, is mostly in international waters that are sort of in no man's land and thus considered to be no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/the-legacy-the-waste-is-mostly-in-international-waters-that-are-sort/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [I do enjoy being at the ocean, like most people, but not so much being on the ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-do-enjoy-being-at-the-ocean-like-most-people-but-not-so-much-being/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [It's important to stay humble.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-important-to-stay-humble/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [It's never really fun to be in the public spotlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/it-s-never-really-fun-to-be-in-the-public-spotlight/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [I would never be able to work on a photo-sharing app or 'Internet startup XYZ.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/i-would-never-be-able-to-work-on-a-photo-sharing-app-or-internet/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) > [Look at climate change. That's a bigger problem than plastic, but we can't all focus on that and forget about plastic - that isn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/look-at-climate-change-that-s-a-bigger-problem-than-plastic-but-we/) [Boyan Slat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boyan-slat/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/plastic/boyan-slat/#itemlist", "name": "15 Plastic Quotes By Boyan Slat", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We might work on ways to prevent plastic getting into the ocean in the first place.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boyan Slat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic-getting-into-the-ocean-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/boyan-slat-8602_first_we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic_1789668.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/boyan-slat-8602_first_we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic_1789668.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba2/boyan-slat-8602_first_we-might-work-on-ways-to-prevent-plastic_1789668.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We might work on ways to prevent plastic getting into the ocean in the first place.” — Boyan Slat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Plastic doesn't have to be ocean plastic pollution.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boyan Slat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic-pollution/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/boyan-slat-8602_ocean_plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic_2284967.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/boyan-slat-8602_ocean_plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic_2284967.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34d/boyan-slat-8602_ocean_plastic-doesn-t-have-to-be-ocean-plastic_2284967.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Plastic doesn't have to be ocean plastic pollution.” — Boyan Slat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To catch the plastic, act like the plastic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boyan Slat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plastic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/boyan-slat-8602_act_to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plasti_2634847.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/boyan-slat-8602_act_to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plasti_2634847.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd6/boyan-slat-8602_act_to-catch-the-plastic-act-like-the-plasti_2634847.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To catch the plastic, act like the plastic.” — Boyan Slat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more hazardous if we don't clean it up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Boyan Slat" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boyan-slat/the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the-plastic-that-is-already-out/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/boyan-slat-8602_become_the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the_1082548.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/boyan-slat-8602_become_the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the_1082548.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef4/boyan-slat-8602_become_the-worst-is-yet-to-come-because-all-the_1082548.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more…” — Boyan Slat", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For 60 years man has been putting plastic into the ocean. 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