"The way that the world is changing now, every single field is going to have to deal with sustainability, you can't ignore it at this point"

Learn more about the Environmental Engineering program at UBC and the North America Youth Parliament for Water

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"NEW GREEN HORIZON"

Do you Know: according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 8 million tons of plastic winds up in our oceans every year, threatening marine life and polluting ecosystems all over the world. The Center for Biological Diversity estimates that plastic waste will outweigh all the fish in the sea by the year 2050.It’s time for a sustainable business to save us again: The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch Marine protection organization, is continuing its mission of ridding the world of ocean plastic by catching garbage before it makes its way to the ocean. The Ocean Cleanup Interceptors is a garbage Interceptors that can remove larger amounts of debris more efficiently and at a lower cost.The trash Interceptors are moored to riverbeds and use river current to snag debris floating on the surface. Then they direct the trash onto a conveyor belt that shuttles it into six large onboard dumpsters. The Interceptors run completely autonomously day and night, getting power from solar panels.It’s one of the most self-sufficient solutions to the problem. The Ocean Cleanup has set a goal to collect 500,000 football fields worth of plastic debris from oceans and rivers. As of now, it's reached half that goal, mostly with the interceptors in rivers. Obviously, more support is needed, and we hope new technologies joined will help us say goodbye to all marine garbage earlier!