WILLEMSTAD - Minister of Health, Environment and Nature Dorothy Pietersz-Janga has asked Boyan Slat to bring his project The Ocean Clean Up to Curaçao as well.
The special device of The Ocean Clean Up foundation removes plastic from the sea with two large sweeping arms. Pietersz-Janga met Slat at the United Nations Ocean Conference in Portugal. There, the minister decided to take the plunge and asked him whether The Ocean Clean Up could also come to Curaçao. According to Pietersz-Janga, the founder was interested in that.
Arrangements have already been made to further develop the plan. The idea is that the organization will have a branch in Curaçao and can clean the Caribbean Sea from here.