La revolucionaria idea de un joven de 21 años que ayudaría a limpiar los océanos

The prototype of The Ocean Cleanup project is pictured during its unveiling in Scheveningen on June 22, 2016. The Ocean Cleanup, Dutch environmental activist and researcher Boyan Slat's innovative project aiming to gather up the millions of tons of plastic in the oceans' great garbage patches, unveils its prototype on June 22 which will be trialled in the North Sea ahead of its expected deployment in 2020. / AFP PHOTO / www.anpfoto.nl AND ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

The prototype of The Ocean Cleanup project is pictured during its unveiling in Scheveningen on June 22, 2016. The Ocean Cleanup, Dutch environmental activist and researcher Boyan Slat's innovative project aiming to gather up the millions of tons of plastic in the oceans' great garbage patches, unveils its prototype on June 22 which will be trialled in the North Sea ahead of its expected deployment in 2020. / AFP PHOTO / www.anpfoto.nl AND ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

The prototype of The Ocean Cleanup project is pictured during its unveiling in Scheveningen on June 22, 2016. The Ocean Cleanup, Dutch environmental activist and researcher Boyan Slat's innovative project aiming to gather up the millions of tons of plastic in the oceans' great garbage patches, unveils its prototype on June 22 which will be trialled in the North Sea ahead of its expected deployment in 2020. / AFP PHOTO / www.anpfoto.nl AND ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

The prototype of The Ocean Cleanup project is pictured during its unveiling in Scheveningen on June 22, 2016. The Ocean Cleanup, Dutch environmental activist and researcher Boyan Slat's innovative project aiming to gather up the millions of tons of plastic in the oceans' great garbage patches, unveils its prototype on June 22 which will be trialled in the North Sea ahead of its expected deployment in 2020. / AFP PHOTO / www.anpfoto.nl AND ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

A cleanup crew works on a dam containing 700 barrels of oil that burst from a pipe and spilled June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

Ventura residents Mike Van Atta (L) and Kelley Atwater talk with Josh Shankle, of National Response Company, about the cleanup procedure of 700 barrels of oil that burst from a pipe and spilled June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

A cleanup crew works on a pump by a dam containing 700 barrels of oil that burst from a pipe and spilled June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

Cleanup workers assemble near container trucks that are pumping 700 barrels of oil that burst from a pipe and spilled June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

Dutch inventor Boyan Slat walks in front of his first prototype of The Ocean Cleanup on 23 June 2016 off the Dutch coast in Scheveningen. Boskalis, which together with the Dutch government contribute 1.5 million to the project, provides carrying the prototype created by 21 year-old inventor. Slat's innovative idea -- first drawn on a paper napkin when he was still in high school -- seeks to use ocean currents to gather up the masses of bottles, plastic bags, flip-flops and other detritus that sully the planet's waters, eliminating the need for an army of boats to haul them in. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

A picture taken on 23 June 2016 off the Dutch coast in Scheveningen shows the first prototype of The Ocean Cleanup. Boskalis, which together with the Dutch government contribute 1.5 million to the project, provides carrying the prototype created by 21 year-old Dutch inventor Boyan Slat. Slat's innovative idea -- first drawn on a paper napkin when he was still in high school -- seeks to use ocean currents to gather up the masses of bottles, plastic bags, flip-flops and other detritus that sully the planet's waters, eliminating the need for an army of boats to haul them in. / AFP PHOTO / ANP / Remko de Waal / Netherlands OUT

A cleanup crew assembles a pump to extract oil from a creek in Hall Canyon after a pipe burst and spilled 700 barrels of oil June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

A worker makes his way down a ravine where a cleanup crew pumps oil from a creek in Hall Canyon after a pipe burst and spilled 700 barrels of oil June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

A cleanup crew pumps oil from a creek in Hall Canyon after a pipe burst and spilled 700 barrels of oil June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

A cleanup crew pumps oil from a creek in Hall Canyon after a pipe burst and spilled 700 barrels of oil June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker

A cleanup crew pumps oil from a creek in Hall Canyon after a pipe burst and spilled 700 barrels of oil June 23, 2016 in Hall Canyon in Ventura, California. The spill was reported around 5:30 a.m. and the oil flowed about a half mile down the canyon before being contained said Ventura City PIO Rich Macklin. The oil was stopped about a mile from the ocean. / AFP PHOTO / Michael Owen Baker