in 2012, when he was only 18 years old, a Dutch inventor and entrepreneur named Boyan Slat, shared his brilliant ideas on TEDx Talk. No kidding, he explained his mission to clean the sea.He gave the idea of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large area full of plastic rubbish. Precisely, in the north Pacific Sea between California and Hawaii.In 2014, Slat became the youngest recipient of environmental awards from the United Nations, Champion of the Earth. And, the prototype of Ocean Vacuum Ocean Cleanup has been named as one of the best inventions of 2015 according to Time Magazine.The Great Pacific Garbage Patch was first discovered in 1997 by marine researcher Charles Moore. At that time, he participated in the Transpacific cruise ship race.Collection of plastic waste in the region, now expanding with extraordinary size, up to 1.6 million square km. For comparison, the land area of Indonesia is around 1.9 million square km. This was reported in the Journal of Scientific Reports, March 22, 2018 edition.Read: The Genius Boyan Slat is Ready to Launch Ocean CleanersThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch expedition conducted in 2015 is trying to transport trash scattered in the sea. Photo: The Ocean CleanupCharles Moore once estimated, it took 79,000 years to clear the area. While Boyan Slat said, with the right technology and approach, the waste can be lost in just five years.Not only that, he can also clean it in a way that has minimal environmental impact and is also beneficial. Is it true what this young genius said? Or is he making this up?Apparently Slat said seriously. The organization he founded will start the mega project in mid-2018. Since starting the Ocean Cleanup Foundation 2013, Slat has continued to study the problem of plastic waste in the ocean by developing technology to clean it.Many ideas and ideas emerge, but expanding them to sustainable execution is a big challenge.Also read: This Young Man Claims an Effective Way to Transport Waste from the OceanPlastic waste collected during the mega expedition of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 2015. Photo: The Ocean CleanupSlat has spent six years studying ocean currents and The Great Pacific Garbage Patch to better understand the scope of the problem and develop the most effective way to collect waste, clean it from the ocean. His organization employs more than 70 engineers, researchers, scientists and computer modelers for this work.Slat and his team said that in the region there were about 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic. If divided evenly, 241 pieces of plastic are for every human who lives on Earth. Many of the plastics break down into smaller pieces, which threaten the life of the sea, birds and humans when we eat seafood."Worse than we thought," Slat said, quoted by Upworthy.Slat remains optimistic that the project will be implemented and succeed.Boyan Slat, a young genius who has a mission to cleanse the sea from trash. Photo: The Ocean CleanupOne important thing they learned was "to catch plastic," we must "act like plastic." The Ocean Cleanup machine uses the ocean currents themselves to collect them, without having to use unnecessary energy or resources.Plastic rubbish accumulates in five of the world's oceans. If allowed to spread without any effort, it will affect the ecosystem, health and the world economy. Solving this problem requires a combination of closing plastic sources into the ocean by cleaning up what has accumulated.We hope, Boyan Slat's efforts will inspire the young generation and the nations of the world, to move to save the Earth. (Various sources)