태평양 쓰레기 대란을 위한 오션 클린업의 야심찬 계획

### 태평양 쓰레기 대란에서 플라스틱 오염을 근절하기 위한 오션 클린업의 야심찬 계획
* 🌊 창립자 보얀 슬랫이 이끄는 오션 클린업은 샌프란시스코에서 열린 기자회견에서 **향후 10년간 태평양 쓰레기 대청소를 위해 75억 달러라는 엄청난 비용**이 소요될 것으로 예상한다고 발표했습니다.
* 💰 슬랫은 이 비용은 **깨끗한 해양 환경을 유지하기 위한 자선 기부금과 정부 보조금**을 통해 충당할 것이라고 강조했습니다.
* 🐢 이 단체의 현재 기술인 시스템 03은 두 척의 선박이 견인하면서 부유 플라스틱을 수거하는 **1.6마일 길이의 U자형 차단막**으로 구성되어 해양 야생동물에 대한 피해를 최소화합니다.
* 🌱 정화 과정에서 연간 약 **90킬로톤의 이산화탄소가 배출**될 것으로 예상되는데, 이는 작은 마을의 배출량과 비슷하지만 Slat은 이러한 배출량보다 훨씬 더 많은 이점이 있을 것이라고 믿습니다.
* 🛰 슬랫은 컴퓨터 모델링과 드론 추적과 같은 기술의 발전으로 보다 효율적인 운영을 통해 **청소 시간을 5년으로, 비용을 40억 달러로 줄일 수 있다**고 제안했습니다.
* 📊 그는 **40억 달러의 비용이 미국인들이 매년 할로윈 장식에 지출하는 비용의 절반**도 되지 않는다고 지적하며 정부와 자선가들에게 이 이니셔티브를 지원할 것을 촉구했습니다.
* 🤝 후속 인터뷰에서 슬랫은 이 기술을 다른 단체에 라이선스할 의향이 있음을 밝히며, **주요 목표는 태평양 쓰레기 대란을 없애는 것**이라고 강조했습니다.
* 🔍 해양 정화단은 내년에 **'핫스팟 헌팅'에 집중**하여 정화 활동의 효율성과 효과를 높일 계획입니다.

해양 정화 활동은 5년 동안 40억 달러를 들여 태평양 쓰레기 대란을 근절하는 것을 목표로 합니다.

The Ocean Cleanup, known for their ocean cleaning systems and River Interceptor Technologies, returned to San Francisco to reveal their total estimated cost for eradicating floating plastic pollution from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and the number was staggering. We're here at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, where the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, Boyan Slat, is holding a press conference to announce the organization's plans for the future. Boyan Slat took to the stage and revealed the total cost it would take to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within 10 years. Today, I'm very proud and excited to share with you that the results of the past 12 months of operations have now proven that we can clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a responsible way in 10 years' time at a cost of $7.5 billion. When it comes to the time and the money it would take, I really want to make clear here now, this is what we can do right now. You

know so take the average performance of the past 12 months, multiply that with a fleet of systems, let them operate for 10 years, and the patch will be gone. The estimated cost of 7.5 billion would be collected by philanthropic donations and grants from governments who have a stake in maintaining a clean ocean environment. Bo Slat explained how the plastic pollution in the ocean is costing all of us in real-world dollars and cents. Pollution is contributing to the slowing of carbon conversion in the ocean, which produces oxygen worldwide. The vast amounts of plastic debris covering the ocean's surface act as a barrier from the natural process of turning CO2 back into oxygen, not to mention the damage that microplastics are doing to ocean wildlife and the food supply. The ocean cleanup is currently using a piece of hardware known as System 03, which is a large floating U-shaped barrier spanning 1.6 miles or 2.5 km across and is being towed through the ocean by two large vessels at a slow

walking speed collecting floating debris as it moves. So, here are the twin ocean cleanup vessels, which cruise side by side and drag the ocean cleanup system through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, collecting thousands of kilograms of plastic pollution. The u-shaped barrier directs plastic debris floating on the ocean's surface into a massive net at the center of the cleanup system called the retention zone. Once the retention zone gets full, the twin vessels maneuver to pull in the massive bag of plastic waste using powerful winches and a buoy system, and empty the debris onto the deck of the ship for sorting and recycling. Once on board, a team of the ocean cleanup crew manually sort the different types of plastic collected into categories, including fishing nets and solid plastics, and place it into massive collection bags to be brought back to shore to either be recycled or pelletized for use in new products. System O3 is equipped with multiple wildlife safety deterrence, including an array of underwater cameras for monitoring wildlife encounters, lighting for nighttime operations, and a safety hatch which can be opened remotely to

allow for fish to escape. The slow speed the system moves through the water also allows for fish and sea turtles to easily swim out of the way if they happen to come into contact with the barrier. Buoyant slat stressed the idea of cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch responsibly and efficiently. It acknowledged the safety features for mitigating harm to wildlife, as well as the CO2 emissions that would be expelled from the two massive vessels pulling system 03 through the ocean. According to the Ocean Cleanup's models and projections, they estimated that the energy needed for cleaning up the plastic pollution would result in expelling about 90 kilotons of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. This would be equivalent to the amount of CO2 emissions produced by the small town of Wheatland, Wyoming, in the United States, with a population of 3,300 residents. According to buy and slat, noting that the benefits of the cleanup would overwhelmingly outweigh not cleaning the ocean pollution. Beautiful, beautiful town.

um, but um, you know, honestly, I think we will be able to survive another weedland worth of carbon emissions. Buyant Slat went on to explain that he believes there could be a faster, more efficient, and less expensive way to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch using computer modeling software, floating GPS trackers to help track the movement of floating plastic debris, and new drone technology to help identify hot spots where plastic accumulation is more dense. These models would allow the ocean cleanup vessels to more precisely snake through the garbage patch, following a more winding path where these dense patches of plastic pollution are more concentrated, increasing the efficiency of each catch. Utilizing what Slat calls hotspot hunting, he believes, based on their currently known plastic collection averages, that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can actually be cleaned up in half the time at half the cost. We predict it is possible to clear the Great Pacific garbage patch in half the time at almost half the cost, so that means 5 years and 4 billion. So, this is going to be our focus.

for the coming year. You know, we're going to invest one year to save five. To put this price tag into context, know this: this $4 billion, it's less than half the amount that America is spending on Halloween decorations every year. It's the same amount as was spent on military expenditures in just the last 10 hours. It's less than a quarter of a percent of the net worth of the 10 richest people on Earth, and it's under 1% of the net profits of the world's plastic producers over the course of the cleanup. Slat then put out a call to the world governments and philanthropists to step up and make this happen because he and his team know that this is possible based on their annual collection numbers and calculations. When this cleanup starts, it's really up to you. So we now call upon the world, the governments, the companies, individuals to make this cleanup happen. We caught up with Boyan Slat after the event for a quick interview. You ever see

a future where you may license or open source this technology so that other nonprofits or other organizations can do the cleanup themselves. Yeah, look, we don't care who does this as long as it happens. So, you know, if somebody wants to use our technology, go ahead and do it, right? As long as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is gone. So, no, I think we have a lot of knowledge about how to use it, how to operate it. So, um, and of course, we don't want to lean back and expect somebody else to do it. So, uh, but at the same time, uh, yeah, somebody else wants to do it. Be our guest. Now, what are your immediate plans following this press conference with the ocean cleanup? Are these ships going to go out and continue cleaning? We have one more trip scheduled for this year. So soon our festivals will be back in the patch for another 7-week run to, um, yeah, to harvest some more plastic, do some more testing, and um, and then the

coming year, we'll have a brief pause in offshore operations, at least in terms of cleanup operations, because we really want to double down and focus on the hotspot hunting. So, developing GPS trackers, getting the drone stuff sorted out, so that one year later, 2026, we can actually scale up at the level of performance that we want to see, where we can clean up the patch in 5 years for $4 billion. Like and subscribe to Cat, and let us know in the comments what you think about the ocean cleanup's plans to rid the world of ocean plastic pollution. And thanks for watching.

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오션 클린업은 10년 이내에 태평양 쓰레기 대열에서 부유 플라스틱 오염을 근절하기 위해 75억 달러라는 엄청난 비용을 투입할 것이라고 발표했습니다.

이 자금은 자선 기부금과 정부 보조금으로 마련될 예정입니다.

현재 이 단체는 시스템 03을 사용하여 대형 U자형 차단막을 바다에 견인하여 플라스틱 쓰레기를 수거하는 작업을 진행하고 있습니다.

해양 정화 선박: 플라스틱 오염 문제 해결

두 대의 해양 정화 선박이 나란히 운항하며 U자형 차단막을 이용해 그레이트 퍼시픽 쓰레기 패치에서 플라스틱 쓰레기를 수거합니다.

시스템의 저류 구역에 쓰레기가 가득 차면 선원들이 이를 끌어내어 재활용을 위해 분류합니다.

이 선박에는 야생동물 안전 기능이 장착되어 있으며 청소에 필요한 에너지는 연간 90킬로톤의 이산화탄소를 배출할 것으로 예상되는데, 이는 작은 마을의 배출량과 맞먹는 양입니다.

태평양 쓰레기 대청소를 위한 혁신적인 계획

보얀 슬랫은 컴퓨터 모델링, GPS 추적기, 드론 기술을 사용하여 그레이트 퍼시픽 쓰레기 패치를 더 빠르고 저렴하게 청소할 수 있는 방법을 제안합니다.

핫스팟 헌팅이라고 불리는 그의 접근 방식은 미국의 연간 할로윈 장식 지출의 절반에도 못 미치는 40억 달러로 5년 안에 쓰레기 패치를 청소하는 것을 목표로 합니다.

슬랫은 세계 각국 정부와 자선가들에게 이 정화 노력의 지원을 요청하며, 수거량과 계산을 바탕으로 그 실현 가능성을 강조하고 있습니다.

해양 정화를 위한 라이선싱 기술

이 단체는 다른 비영리 단체나 조직이 해양 정화에 사용할 수 있도록 라이선스를 제공하거나 기술을 오픈소스로 공개하고 있습니다.

이들은 누가 하든 간에 태평양 쓰레기 대란을 없애는 것이 주요 목표라고 강조합니다.

기자회견 이후에도 이들은 올해 한 차례 더 여행을 계획하고 있으며, 정화 활동을 계속하고 더 많은 테스트를 진행할 예정입니다.

해양 정화를 위한 핫스팟 헌팅에 집중하기

내년에는 핫스팟 사냥에 집중하기 위해 연안 정화 작업을 잠시 중단할 예정입니다.

이 계획에는 GPS 추적기를 개발하고 2026년까지 규모를 확대하기 위해 드론 작업을 분류하는 작업이 포함됩니다.

목표는 5년 안에 40억 달러를 들여 해양 플라스틱 쓰레기를 청소하는 것입니다.