Sopa de plàstic del Pacífic: diferència entre les revisions

<!-- At TEDxDelft2012,<ref>{{ref-web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROW9F-c0kIQ |títol=How the oceans can clean themselves - Boyan Slat at TEDxDelft|consulta=2012-10-24}}</ref><ref>{{ref-web|url=http://www.tedxdelft.nl/2012/10/tedxdelft-first-performer-boyan-slat |títol=BOYAN SLAT: THE MARINE LITTER EXTRACTION PROJECT - TEDxDelft|consulta=2012-10-24}}</ref> Dutch Aerospace Engineering student [[Boyan Slat]] unveiled a concept for removing large amounts of marine debris from the five oceanic gyres. With his concept called ''The Ocean Cleanup'', he proposes a radical clean-up that would use the surface currents to let the debris drift to specially designed arms and collection platforms. This way the running costs would be virtually zero, and the operation would be so efficient that it may even be profitable. The concept makes use of floating booms, that won’t catch the debris, but divert it. This way by-catch would be avoided, and even the smallest particles would be extracted. According to Boyan Slat's calculations, a gyre could realistically be cleaned up in five years' time, collecting at least 7.25 million tons of plastic combining all gyres.<ref name="boyanslat.com">{{ref-web|url=http://www.boyanslat.com/in-depth |títol=Boyan Slat - Marine Litter Extraction (In Depth)|consulta=2012-10-24}}</ref> He however does note that an ocean-based cleanup is only half the story, and will therefore have to be paired with 'radical plastic pollution prevention methods in order to succeed'.<ref name="boyanslat.com"/><ref>{{ref-web|url=http://www.theoceancleanup.com |títol=The Ocean Cleanup|consulta=2012-10-24}}</ref>

 

 

Many artists, such as [[Marina DeBris]] use trash from the garbage patch to create [[trashion]], or clothes made out of trash. The main purpose is to educate people about the garbage patch.-->