Ilyas Alikoglu

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

Remember the plastic straw debate?

I was curious how banning straws globally would stack up against @TheOceanCleanup’s current impact.

US beach cleanup data suggests straws make up just 0.005% of plastic pollution.

The Ocean Cleanup is now stopping 2–5% of global plastic inflow (and growing rapidly)

So our current impact is already ~400–1000x what a global straw ban could ever achieve!

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

Dear @GWR

FYI: According to your website the “Most floating debris removed by a trash interceptor in one month” is 57 metric tons. However, @TheOceanCleanup Interceptor 006 collected 3012 metric tons last June; 52x your current record holder.

Same story for “Most debris removed from a waterway by a trash interceptor”, which is said to be 1832 metric tons, but that same Interceptor 006 has collected over 23,000 metric tons to date.

All has been 3rd party verified by DNV. Let me know if you need any more info :)

[Ilyas Alikoglu @ilyas___]

@BoyanSlat You should receive a Nobel Prize, what you do is amazing, your solutioning mindset is amazing! Keep up the work and leave those ignorant people with their own ignorance!!! One day humanity will have to thank Ocean Cleanup's work!

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BUSINESS: Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank, has 'has reversed its decision to cut dozens of jobs replaced by artificial intelligence', according to the Australian Financial Review.

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

I call for a GLOBAL MORATORIUM on the production of new books, blogs, and podcasts for the next three years—just long enough for me to catch up on my backlog.

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

I can tolerate daylight saving time, but having it start on different days in different countries is absolutely inexcusable.

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: President Trump says tariffs will be imposed on the EU

[L'Echo @lecho]

Les 1% les plus riches épuisent leur budget carbone annuel en dix jours, dénonce Oxfam https://t.co/W0tpeGk4zn

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

One underappreciated fact about the ocean plastic problem is that plastic pollution is persistent in some places but not in others.

For most of the world's oceans, plastic only persists for a few weeks or months before ending up back on land. In our models, we see that 80% leaves the ocean again within a month and 97% within a year.

What this means is that, when we reduce the amount of plastic flowing into the ocean, we should see an almost immediate reduction in the amount of plastic in the ocean.

It also means that most plastic pollution you see is hyper-local. Unlike something like CO₂, countries and cities therefore have a "selfish" incentive to curb their plastic emissions. For example, want to eliminate plastic pollution in Bali's waters and coastlines? Then stop plastic from leaking from Bali's towns and cities!

Another consequence is that, for most of the world's oceans, there is no need to sweep the ocean surface; it cleanses itself once we stop putting new waste in.

The exception to this is the ocean garbage patches, where currents trap the plastic and keep the trash away from coastlines, preventing it from washing up.

This is why The Ocean Cleanup employs a two-pronged approach: intercepting plastic in rivers to stop inflow and cleaning up the legacy pollution in the ocean garbage patches.

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Two-faced PS5, anyone? 🔴⚫️

@ColorWare will give 1 random person who follows and RTs this tweet a PS5 slim in whatever colors they want for free! Good luck 😈

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: New rocket barrage fired from Gaza

[Tonyukuk @tonjukuk]

Dayı senin davulunu, zurnanı, ritimsizliğini s…yim. Sünnet düğününe çevirdin koca finali.

#FileninSultanları

[Ilyas Alikoglu @ilyas___]

@leadlagreport Do it

[Trendy Hotels @TrendyHotelsTR]

If you have your sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen ready, we are inviting you to the magnificent beach in Side.

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Booking:https://t.co/rPguTdcQ7s

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

Extremely obvious PSA: Don’t sit on people’s cars 🤡

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific

[The Spectator Index @spectatorindex]

BREAKING: Russia to expel more than 20 German diplomats

[Boyan Slat @BoyanSlat]

"The initial goal was to catch 30 tons of trash. We're now at 60 tons (...) So by any measure, that's a really successful amount of trash recovered from the channel and prevented from going on to the beaches and into the ocean."

https://t.co/JfO3B7b4MA

[Ilyas Alikoglu @ilyas___]

@TrendyHotelsTR Amazing achievement! @TrendyHotelsTR pioneering as always!

[Trendy Hotels @TrendyHotelsTR]

Trendy Hotels now produces its own green energy through solar panels, prioritizing nature's respect and a livable future for generations to come.

#GreenEnergy #Sustainability #RenewableEnergy #EcoFriendly #SolarPower #RespectForNature #TrendyHotels