The nonprofit cleanup crew shows off its newest river tools, the Interceptor Barrier and the Interceptor Tender. The Ocean Cleanup's Boyan Slat talks to CNET about its plans for 2022 and beyond. | CNET

At age 18 Boyan Slat left university to fight ocean plastic pollution by founding a nonprofit that has removed thousands of tons of debris. His journey began in 2011 during a scuba trip in Greece when he saw more plastic bags than fish. After presenting a passive cleanup concept at a tedx talk and launching a viral crowdfunded campaign that raised over 2 million from 38,000 donors in 160 countries, his team developed systems to capture plastic from oceans and rivers. By 2024 they removed over 19