Interceptor 006 Has Tackled Over 850,000 KG of Trash in Guatemala So Far
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2023
- Interceptor Barricade is now operational and capturing plastic in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala. As of June 13, over 850,000 kg has been extracted from the river by The Ocean Cleanup since the end of April.
“Now we await the real test: a heavy flood and a trash tsunami bringing hundreds of tons of plastic in just a few hours - in the hope that we can fully validate our solution and end these yearly floods of plastic into the Caribbean Sea.’’ - Boyan Slat.
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This deserves recognition by the Nobel peace committee! Amazing work.
1000 likes from me on this one!!
Wouldn't it be easier to eliminate the ghetto culture that would throw this garbage into the environment rather than try to clean up the aftermath?
Good idea.
GREAT idea!
Peace prize for this amazing work? This won't seem right for the committee. This group way above so called peace prize. I mean look at their past winners.
Wow! That is a lot of plastics stopped from reaching the Caribbean Sea and that is before the big rains. I have so much gratitude to The Ocean Cleanup!
Thank you Boyan Slat!
Well said! I agree!
BUT i was told america is the problem, that every river in usa looks worse than the river in this video
@@purplepinekush3246 I am in California, we have our share of problems but our rivers are not this kind of bad.
@@purplepinekush3246 Welcome to Geography 101, Guatemala is in America.
@@purplepinekush3246 The USA is pretty much responsible for this. They have overthrown the democratically elected leader and replaced him with a military dictator. Those are usually not the kind (of) people getting infrastructure to the slums.
You are doing more for the health of the planet than anyone else. What an awesome individual you are. Kudos Slat🤛🏻
I know others have stated this but I will say it again for all of humanity. WE THANK YOU. This company does not get anywhere the amount of gratitude that it deserves for what it has done for our planet. WE should all be thankful, greatful, and supportive.
Would love it if you could post a timelapse of all the trash getting taken out 😍 awesome work!
they won't, every top comment on every one of their videos is asking about either a time lapse or a live stream, and they have never acknowledged any of them
Timelapse sounds great!
Or live camera
That’s a great idea!!
@@protowave Can you really blame them? I'm sure they've got more important things to do than setting up and maintaining a livestream.
That is a truly mind-numbing amount of trash to have already collected BEFORE the big tide. It's such a relief to see the new model working so well! We're all rooting for you!
but gretta tunberg told the world AMERICA IS THE PROBLEM...that americans must pay trillions to clean up AMERICAN rivers,,,, they need to show how dirty USA rivers are
@@370.y this comment is ignorant at absolute best. Unless you can show what you’ve done to decrease carbon on a large scale?
@@370.y I would like to keep the amount of microplastics in the rain and air as small as possible. They're already omnipresent, but it's best to at least attempt to keep it down, no?
Climate change and plastic pollution, oh boy!
oceans absorb most of the carbon, when all the fish etc. are dead from this pollution the oceans wont be able to absorb carbon and we're fucked x1000@@370.y
@@370.y What a stupid comment, but I guess you're doing loads on carbon aren't you? It's like saying let's not put out any other fires because of another big one somewhere else. This organisation is called Ocean Cleanup, not Carbon Reduction. Clue is in the title. So maybe you can be rooting for them and also for other orgs working to reduce carbon in the atmosphere at the same time? Could you handle that concept?
Unbelievable amount of plastic & rubbish, you guys should be so very proud of the hard work put in. Amazing results from the new production and placement of the Interceptor. The world is becoming a better place thanks to you .... CHAMPIONS
This is the kind of thing EVERYONE can and should get behind! Real tangible progress of large amounts of trash being removed and recycled! Outstanding job to all involved!! Talk about seeing a problem and actually doing something about it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Bravo 🙌
You guys are amazing. I wish succes and good health to every single person who works for the Ocean cleanup!
It's great. But in only makes sense if people stop throwing garbage in the river in the first place.
yea thanks, while we understand that everyone has their preferences and some people like plastic in the water it is not good for the living entities in the water and thats why it makes sense to clean it even if the people who live close by the particular river or oceans dont care
amazing would be working to get them to not throw the trash in the river to start with.
@@bryannonya9769 This might be the start of changing peoples minds about trashing the river. It is a process, it will take time and I hope it will change these old habits.
👍👍🙏thx to all of them
This guy is an inspiration. No spraying paint on artwork, no stopping people from getting to work, just pure action.
He is the kind of people we need more off. And sadly we don't have them. We have clowns like Gretta and more.
@@superrunnerx1 So true
@@superrunnerx1 and @TGGWarehouse He is doing a great job, but without people like Greta, you probably would have never watched this video in the first place. A lot of people get inspired to do such things because they receive the message. What the road blockers are doing is the most unintelligent way to communicate the message, but what Greta did with Fridays for Future was a good idea, and it worked. It's more saddening that people get angrier at them rather than realizing how urgent the matter is...
Dumbest take i read in a while.
What has the climate to do with people throwing trash into a river? Yes, exactly nothing.
So the question is: Did you have a stroke or are you just stupid?
@@G4RY1159agree
I would love it if this guy got some kind of award… some Nobel prize of humanitarianism
I'm glad you guys managed to work this out, especially after a lot of trial and error in the early stages of the project. Your work is really important, keep it up!
I don't understand how this channel doesn't have more views, this stuff should make the news!!! its treated almost casually when this is the biggest deal!!! that is so much trash!!! whole ecosystems are benefitting from this, I wish it got more coverage, I love seeing what you guys do
Simple. Their videos are so short it just to little to even understand or even start any emotions or thoughts. The videos aren't consistently coming out either. Only important milestones are documented here. I personally love to see real time or even time lapses of cleaning. You can grasp the severity when it's neverending cleaning 😢
Also this doesnt fix the actual issue of stopping the trash from getting into the river.... Its basicly putting your thumb on a leak instead of actually fixing whats causing the leak. Its not like its not good work... But there are far more critical matters like changing the public their opinion on producing plastics, throwing it anywhere, proper garbage disposal, recycling and so on and so on and so on....
@@CedricTheMad This has the feel of a guy standing on the side of car crash blaming the guy doing CPR for not being a paramedic.
@@ErikB605it’s more like saying the bandaid isn’t going to stop a gun shot wound. This is good temporary solution but doesn’t help the underlying issue.
Because people care more about superficial trash as opposed to real trash - like celebrities.
So proud of your work! This kind of thing needs government support and diligent effort to stop the trash from entering the water in the first place, as this problem will never go away otherwise
But what will companies do if they can't sell useless crap people inevitably throw away? How will those poor penniless corporations buy their stakeholders a new yacht? Please. Think of the yachts.
We need to stop relying on Governments even though just about the agenda of everyone of them is that. Great video & great work.
This is absolutely phenomenal! I was here brainstorming solutions to the insane amounts of pollution (primarily land and sea) that exists around the world, and decided to do some research. I am pleased to know that people like you guys are making such a positive impact on the environment and on developing countries. This act of consideration I believe will resonate throughout, influencing governments to prioritize the health and welfare of their citizens and inhabitants. Stopping trash by implementing an artificial barrier/filter before it drifts to the ocean is a brilliant solution! Great work!
incredibly simple and effective design of these. using the angle of the barricades to funnel them to a choke point for removal is just the cherry on top. well done guys
The new system looks amazing and much less intrusive to the river. Awesome work. Thank you so much!💚
In many other rivers this would be much more intrusive because it blocks of the entirety of the river. Therefore boats can't pass. It works here because this part of the river is narrow and has no commercial use. This however wouldn't work in for example the Mekong or Yangtze
You are all doing a brilliant job - I am so glad that there are people like yourselves in the world. Thank you Boyan and your dedicated teams.
As much trash as you see floating, twice as much is sitting on the bottom of the river.
Thank you, Boyan. I feel your pain,and as Guatemalan from the bottom of my heart, I really appreciate your collaboration to clean up our rivers.God bless you for taking care of his creation.❤❤
Stop putting rubbish in your rivers
People like this guy are the real heroes.
I feel very sad and happy at the same time everytime I watch your videos. I think the governments are not doing enough. And this is the result of people's ignorance and most are still ignorant to this day that almost nothing ever changes. You're doing an amazing work. Thank you so much.
Governments are doing everything they can to destroy our environment.
GUATEMELA is really a DIRTY country. do not expect for a miracle
Sadly a lot of people place the blame for trash like this on the remote villages where it’s generated but without proper founding for government ran waste disposal the villages have no where else for it to go.
To anyone who blames them I challenge to not use any bins proved at your house. No landfills either. Maybe for a month and see just how much waste is create. We are very lucky if we have these government ran operations and should be doing all we can to assist those less fortunate then us
@@matthewrowell8518 Nothing is going to improve anywhere unless plastic is completely banned.
@@Thyalwaysseek couldn’t agree more but can’t look at the long term goal to fix short term crisis. It’s the same argument with where we get our power from. Long term goal is zero emissions but technology simply isn’t at the stage of that so lower emissions for the most part is a great alternative whilst still working away to the end goal
You guys should double down on these timelapse videos and show them start to finish, uninterupted. Like this patch of plastic being cleared all the way. Those are videos that have a high chance to go viral and create more interest in The Ocean Cleanup.
Exactly!
Agreed!
How does creating more interest help anything?
@@Thyalwaysseek funding
@@CreativeB34ST They have enough funding, you should be asking what they do with the plastic they collect.
These are without doubt the BEST videos that the tube has to offer. Love these ocean and river clean up vids.
TOC is doing great works. Thank you 🙏🏼
We need people to stop dumping and to manage themselves responsibly.
Can't wait to see it perform against the the floods from the rains. No matter what happens you all are on the path to success. Keep it up!!!!
This is an awsome job your doing! This needs to be world wide news.
This is what true success looks like. Doing genuine good for humanity, for our planet. Not some fancy car and a fancy house.
people actually making a real difference in the world.... they are priceless souls.
Respect to all the guys who do this! Thats how real problem solving look like!!! Thanx for doing this for us and our envirement.
Genius! Can't stop saying this, "You and your team are Genius!" Thank you for all your effort and contribution!
Guatemala is a beautiful country filled with the nicest people. So much trash is heartbreaking, so any way to remove garbage is a blessing.
if they're so nice, why do they do this in the first place?
It's a dump,, are you serious,,?
Thank you guys for this effort in minimizing the amount of water pollution coming out of Guatemala that more than likely would make its way to the beautiful shores and reefs of Belize!!!🤜💪🤘
Now this is efficient! Definitely need to implement this in a few more locations. I guess cost wise this is much more efficient than either the boat interceptors or the actual ocean cleanup.
The thing is that this can't be done everywhere, hence they came up with different solutions for different problems.
It's not about cost effectiveness, it's about finding the right solution.
@@SpecialeW I guess that and in the long run definitively agree, but I am sure there are at least 10+ locations where it can be done.
And then afterwards you can take the next most efficient problem at scale and so on. Anyway, I am glad they are doing what they are doing 😉
Though a problem is that this solution work so wel in the Rio Las Vacas because there is practically no life within the river to be affected. In other less polluted rivers that might not be the case
Those were my thoughts, too :)
Especially for an organization run on donations, efficiency really matters.
A lot of the ocean plastic is caused by trawlermen so not all of it is coming from the rivers.
I continue to be in awe of what you are achieving. That alone is a significant amount that has been stopped and I hope more places take it on (although stopping it getting there in the first place would be optimal!)
So where does all the trash go?
Thank GOD some1 is able to do something about the trash in the oceans.💜
jesus the sense of satisfaction every time that excavator takes a scoop of rubbish out of that river. good job.
It's just crazy that you see 4 trucks being fully loaded, and almost no effect on the amount of plastic contents. That shows how much trash there actually is. Good job guys, looking forward to the flash flood and how it will behave!
And further upstream people just throw trash wherever. Education, government that takes responsibility for trash management.
@@magnusE7 is not about education. is recycling systems are extremely expensive and run at loses, it never gives (economic) benefits. poor countries/devoloping countries can't afford recylcing, is just not worth it (of course for nature it is, but not in economic terms in short-term perspective)
@@kerolokerokerolo education stops illegal dumping of trash, I see it here in Sweden we have one of the best trash system (the companies that produce goods and packaging pays for recycling) (we import tons of trash from neighbouring countries) mostly new citizens is the issue of illegal dumping of trash and most of those have lower education level.
Правильнее бороться с причиной возникновения мусора в этих реках, а не с последствиями! Но это роль государства и чиновников, а не Бояна.
@@JGG_2 Yes you are correct! Take action against the cause, not the end. But it is good Boyan exist.
How about addressing the root cause, that people not disposing of their trash appropriately at the outset so that this debris/trash does not end up in the river to begin with? I do appreciate all the effort you and the team do to clean up the environment, especially the river.
If they are so poor that they have no infrastructure to dispose of waste (apparently even a bonfire is too much to ask) why are companies selling them plastic bottles? What do they think will happen? There is no point in us looking after the environment if other countries behave like this.
Because people are trash that's why we are going through the needle hole as we speak.
That's beyond their scope. The issue of source causes lie with those governments that neglect to properly regulate and police them.
Finally someone said it. We are producing too much trash in the first place.
Asia is the root cause 😂
Boyan... you are nothing short of a hero! I swear! I wished more people cared like you... including myself :(
Appreciate y’all for what u done to my country ‘ Bello Guatemala 🇬🇹 “
Boyan, je blijft geweldig!
The world needs to say thank you to you guys! You ROCK!
I am so proud of you! 🏅
And proud to be supporting you with a monthly donation.
This is what taking responsibility looks like - you are acting on behalf of each and every one of us. THANK YOU!!
BTW: We all should look for areas in our life where we can implement change to ensure our next generations can still exist on this planet...
850 tons in 3 months, that’s good work 👏🏻
Going by your websites estimate, there is 80.000 tons of trash in the Great pacific garbage patch. This system alone could clean up an equivalent Garbage patch amount of plastic in 23 years. That’s not counting all your other similar systems all over the world
It’s so motivating seeing this because it’s not small scale stuff, it’s action that’s having an affect right this moment
We should focus on long term stuff too like building recycle centres and better trash infrastructure for poor regions but I’m glad we have you guys doing this work!
Sincerely appreciate all your efforts and help in this process ❤
Glad to see that it works so far, looks much better than the version from last year. Hope for you that this model will work when rain kicks in. Thanks for the short update vid!
Incredible work you guys are doing to heal The Earth 🏁
What a wonderful young man and an example to us all. If more people created value in this, and a myriad of other ways, humanity would be another step towards enlightenment.
You make me feel good when you put these videos of all the hard working peoples' work done to clean the water 😊👍👍
Keep it going, stop the plasdtic waste floating ! Great job (as usual) !
I am so happy to see that this version worked😊 im proud about this giant project!
I think they're still waiting for the big rains which will create the plastic tsunami which killed the previous catcher.
@@hrford yeah but seeing that it has been able to withstand better lol this time is still pretty amazin :D
Would love to see a 24/7 live stream of the removal. Something cathartic about seeing it being removed
Very encouraging to see something being actually DONE instead of worrying over theories and models
Thank you for what you do honestly … real heroes
Love you, Boyan and team ❤. Making this planet better, one step at a time. Who knows and it might be naive, but with more education and better circular systems, we might even see our planet heal over time, thanks to initiatives like yours.
REMARKABLE!!! We are so proud of you.
This NEWS needs to be aired internationally and regularly. The efforts of these people should be recognized and their cause backed by governments and corporations.
It's great to see the progress of this project. I remember Boyan's first project a few years ago, which was only at the proto stage.
Thank you so much for all you do!
Thank you for having this vision Boyan and better than that, thank you for following through to make it happen!
Keep up the good work! Looking forward to the trash tsunami video follow up
This is incredibly heartwarming to see. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thats awesome. Keep up the great work, our oceans and planet need people like you!!!!
You are indeed my hero! In this crazy and chaotic world, you are a bright star. A blazing light to follow. I make it my business to leave a place cleaner than I found it and I am buying less and less plastic. Thank you!!!!
Horrific the amount of rubbish but very inspired by your work. Amazing stuff. Thank you all involved 🙏 💚
Thank you guys us are doing an amazing job! ❤
Guatemala is such abeautiful country. Thank you for youre work
Crazy to see the aerial at the end and realize that would have all gone into the ocean. Thank you Ocean Cleanup!
Ive been watching you since you introduced your original ideas and plans.. you my friend are amazing !! It is just mind blowing the amount of trash when you see it in the rivers like that !! Be great to have a timelapse..get to see a more !! Keep on bringing those ideas !!
God bless you guys. Your work has so many ramifications, and will be a blessing to our oceans. Please keep up the great work. 🙏
Thank you and your company team's work on cleaning the rubbish. I hope you get more subscribers and views for this
Thank you for doing God's work! You're truly inspiring and making the world a better place for today's people and tomorrow's children's children.
this is great - fingers crossed it operates as intended during the heavy rain.
Hands down you are doing the most out of anyone else on the planet to keep it clean. ❤😊
In Guatemala, I've seen people dumping their trash everywhere in the river. It made me so sad. I wish they would educate people more why we shouldn't dump trash in the rivers. We are killing our earth. Be more responsible.
Nice to see them in action. Looking forward to the video of the first heavy rain.
Oh man!!!!!! thats awesome!!! why dont you put two more barriers? wouldnt that be better? how much does one barrier cost? I will invest in it
Thank you!! it is so nice seeing the unfolding of this operation over the years, and the transforming impact that can clearly be seen!!🎉🎉🎉
I absolutely love this. Thank you for all your work. From everyone who loves our home, earth.
Learn more in our press release here: theoceancleanup.com/press/press-releases/interceptor-makes-promising-start-in-guatemala-ahead-of-first-seasonal-heavy-floods/
Guys I love what you are doing. And today I realized the impact even more. Part of my family loved using unnecessary plastic. Some was left for many years exposed to the elements on the balcony. Today I was cleaning four large bags of fragile microplastics. That stuff get everywhere and cleaning and collecting that is a pain in the neck. Then I fully comprehend the importance and scale of what you do for the planet and I must bow really low before your work.
tons of respect Boyan, this is sort of activism the planet and all of us need
Wow! Thanks from the bottom of our hearts for what are you doing! Clean the oceans for save the world! 💙🌍
Imagine if they had 10 million subs and that many saw actual results. This would be on every river in every country whatever their socioeconomics are. I wish we could care about this as much as we love to make weapons in this world.
We? Who's we? You're not talking about me.
@@annother3350 So are you saying you don't want to see plastic taken out of the ocean and rivers wherever possible?? Why.
@@boo3427 "I wish we could care about this as much as we love to make weapons in this world."
I already do care enough and I'm not making weapons. Don't use the term 'we' when you mean 'they'
We can. Just needs to be seen more widely
@@annother3350 You do not represent all human beings, most prefer weapons or we would not be in this mess
Absolutely amazing stuff! So proud of you guys!!
gracias amigo , thank you friend and all involved in clean up , wish more of us would help , sad to see that most of people do not care and throw trash every where , thank you again , muchas gracias amigo y a todo tu equipo .
This kind of activity should be supported by all. To all our leaders and all people let us support this kind of good action.
True heroes! Thank you so much for the work you do!
Amazing work, heroes the lot of you.
This gives me a smile on my face. Nice to see things are changing and we are starting to take better care of our planet
Genuine love for this man and what he/they are doing
This is such noble work! That location must pose some real challenges, but wow would it be spectacular if you could add some sort of conveyer or other automated method to continually clean the trash from in front of the boom and pile it up on shore somehow, to give more overall storage capacity between visits by the truck and scooper. Maybe borrow some solar tech from the interceptor. Great work, keep it up!
Holy crap, that’s a lot of crap! How can we stop making so much crap? You guys are the greatest! You give us hope!
Great job getting the physical "trash" and plastic out of the river. The pollutants and chemicals are going to be much harder to tackle. But this is a huge step in the right direction so I applaud the team working to correct what they can. Prevention & education are probably the best solution over all but clearly easier said than done.
This sort of capturing systems should be implemented worldwide... thank you
WoW amazing, the team did an incredible and really great Job. Love it ❤
I more curious to see how that dirt road will hold up under the constant strain of large trucks going up and down it. It does not appear to have gravel on it so it could easily wash out or become a massive mud pit during the rainy season.
I wish I had such an positive influence on this world like this young guy. My respect Sir!
Thank you . The Ocean Clean Up gives me oxygen in many ways . THANK YOU.
Great work! What happens to the plastic you're picking up?? How do you dispose it?
Keep up the good work.