The 31 year-old engineer responds to criticism that his non-profit focuses downstream of the bigger problem with a "quick fix ...

Boyan Slat has a plan to rid the ocean of plastic pollution, this coming El Niño could be a monster and more big stories ...

Boyan Slat, CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, talks about the new and improved river plastic Interceptors and the nonprofit's plans for building and deploying more of them around the world. I'm an ...

The 19-year-old Boyan Slat announced his Ocean Cleanup Array concept is technically and financially viable to rid the ocean of plastic pollution. While diving in Greece as a 16-year-old, Boyan Slat ...

After its first voyage resulted in disappointment, Boyan Slat's team has made some major fixes. Now they're ready to try to take on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch again. The giant Ocean Cleanup ...

Dutch eco-activist Boyan Slat designed the ocean clean-up technology that taps sea currents to trap floating trash. Photo: AFP The Dutch inventor behind a ground-breaking project to remove millions of ...

Young Dutch inventor Boyan Slat, right, unveils the Interceptor in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. Slat is taking his effort to clean up floating plastic from the Pacific Ocean to ...

Boyan Slat is not your typical 21-year-old. At an age when most people are still trying to figure out what they're going to do with their lives, the Dutch innovator is the head of The Ocean Cleanup, a ...