The worst is yet to come, because all the plastic that is already out there is going to become more hazardous if… — Boyan Slat Become Copy Share Image
For society to progress, we should not only move forward but also clean up after ourselves. — Boyan Slat Forward Copy Share Image
What humans aren't good at is trying to consume less, to consume less plastic, to not be lazy. — Boyan Slat Good Copy Share Image
The concentration of plastic is rapidly increasing in the gyres. Even if you were to close off the tap, and no more… — Boyan Slat Close Copy Share Image
Everyone said to me: 'Oh there's nothing you can do about plastic once it gets into the oceans,' and I wondered whether… — Boyan Slat About Copy Share Image
You go to a beach, you see a lot of plastic. It's out of the ocean, it stays out of the ocean,… — Boyan Slat Beach Copy Share Image
Our main funders... a lot of them are entrepreneurs and technologists themselves as well and familiar with iterative development processes. — Boyan Slat Business Copy Share Image
I envisioned an extremely long network of floating barriers - they're like curtains floating in the ocean which are attached to the… — Boyan Slat Current Copy Share Image
I'm a firm believer of the venture capitalist-style approach to solving problems. Rather than doing many small things that you hope add… — Boyan Slat High risk Copy Share Image
We're starting with the North Pacific gyre simply because it is the largest accumulation of plastic. — Boyan Slat Because Copy Share Image
Can we build a system which is able to survive on the ocean for years? That is the key question we are… — Boyan Slat Key Copy Share Image
The entire brain of the organization is here. The construction drawings and data processing all takes place in Rotterdam. — Boyan Slat Brain Copy Share Image
This plastic doesn't go away by itself, and to just let hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic be out there to… — Boyan Slat Dangerous Copy Share Image
I think very often problems are so big, people approach problems from the bottom up: 'If only I do this little bit,… — Boyan Slat People Copy Share Image
We might work on ways to prevent plastic getting into the ocean in the first place. — Boyan Slat First Copy Share Image
We absolutely need to clean up the plastic that's already in the ocean. It won't go away by itself. But we do… — Boyan Slat First place Copy Share Image
We think the fastest way to clean the ocean is to learn by doing. — Boyan Slat Doing Copy Share Image
I don't understand why 'obsessive' has a negative connotation, I'm an obsessive and I like it. I get an idea and I… — Boyan Slat Like Copy Share Image
We need to close the tap, which means preventing more plastic from reaching the ocean in the first place. — Boyan Slat Close Copy Share Image
