#teamseas

Have you ever seen any trash in our beautiful Lake Superior? And if so, have you ever wished that we could change that? Well, with the help of #teamseas that can finally happen. On October 29th 2021, Youtubers Mark Rober and Mr. Beast started a friendly competition of who could pick up the most trash on the beach, and in the water. Some would say that Mark had an unfair advantage because he used a giant robot to pick up the trash.

This robot was invented and designed by Boyan Slat, who from a young age was fascinated by the ocean and wanted to save it. He works on the robot to make sure everything goes smoothly, although the robot is fully automatic.

While the robot was picking up the trash Mark went to the source of the problem. He visited many villages off the coast of the ocean and he found that the main source of the problem was that these villages had no way to get rid of their garbage. You and I have the opportunity to dump your garbage in a bin and it gets picked up by the garbage truck. But in these small villages they don’t have that option. With nowhere to put their garbage they resort to dumping the trash in the river. Mark soon learned that you can pick up as much trash as you want but it won’t matter as long as trash is still being put into the ocean.