Dutch inventor says his ocean cleaning boom is working
By MIKE CORDER, Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — After a series of setbacks, a system for catching plastic floating in the Pacific between California and Hawaii is now working, its Dutch inventor said Wednesday. Boyan Slat, a university dropout who founded The Ocean Cleanup nonprofit, announced that the floating boom is skimming up waste ranging in size from a discarded net and a car