NEXT UP! 1 88 The Ocean Cleanup When Boyan Slat was diving off the coast of Greece at the age of 16, he came across more plastic bags than fish. This experience made him take action. He came up with the idea for The Ocean Cleanup Array, a clean-up system using the ocean currents to trap plastic waste. This contraption would capture the floating plastic and still allow the fish and plankton to pass through. In 2013 he dropped out of his studies to found The Ocean Cleanup, a crowd-funded campaign. Plastic pollution According to scientists, we produce 300 million tons of plastic each year. About eight million tons of this plastic waste enters the oceans. Plastic pollution causes great damage to the aquatic life because fish and seabirds eat the Before reading Scan the title and the subheadings and look at the photo. What do you think the topic of this text is? What type of text do you think this is; for example, interview, informative article, short story? What is the purpose of this text? Write at least three sentences. further reading Founder of The Ocean Cleanup, Boyan Slat
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy MjIxNzc=