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The Ocean Cleanup Project - already raised 30mUSD

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We love this project - The Ocean Cleanup by 22-year-old Boyan Slat. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of the most polluted areas of the ocean. has a potential cleanup solution. The Ocean Cleanup uses a boom to capture plastic and keep it in areas where a boat can come and periodically pick it up. The pipe moves with the waves and uses floating anchors. The system should be fully deployed early in 2018.  $30 million has been raised for the cleanup Note: The Ocean Cleanup is a foundation that develops technologies to extract plastic pollution from the oceans and prevent more plastic debris from entering ocean waters. The organization was founded in 2013 by Boyan Slat , a Dutch born inventor-entrepreneur of Croatian origin [2] [3] who serves as its CEO, and has received over $31.5 million in donations since foundation, from sponsors including Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff , philantrophist Peter Thiel , Julius Baer Foundation and Royal DSM . [4] The Ocean Clean