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Images (12)

  • Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
    Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
  • Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
    Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
  • Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
    Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
  • Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
    Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
  • Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.
    Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.
  • Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
    Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
  • Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
    Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
  • Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
    Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
    Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat at The Ocean Cleanup office, 2016.
    Boyan Slat at The Ocean Cleanup office, 2016.
  • Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
    Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
  • Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
    Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.

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