https://www.britannica.com/science/mycelium

This link provides an explanation of the characteristics of the material used for our replacement for Styrofoam, mycelium. Mycelium is a crucial component of a mushroom 

https://criticalconcrete.com/building-with-mushrooms/

Mycelium is a natural plastic produced by mushrooms that contains millions of fibers. Therefore, products with mycelium contain strength that is almost equivalent to the strength of Styrofoam. As mycelium is a bio-material, it will dissolve into the earth.

https://www.fbi.gov/about/partnerships/office-of-partner-engagement/active-shooter-incidents-graphics

This here is Peanut the turtle, he got stuck in this six pack ring when he was really small and young, and had to grow up with this deformity because of the six pack ring. Six pack rings are very dangerous to the sea life, and even our life if we let it get out of hand.

Henry and I made the outer part of the boat and created a ramp inside so that the trash can get follow the current and get into the boat. We made a hole to put in the water filter in the back. Besides, we are planning to make an extra floor in the top in order to use the boat as not only an ocean trash boat but also a tour boat where people can enjoy their time.

Today, I asked Mr. Jones for some ideas and together, we came up with a second sketch. We applied the concept of a lobster trap and a whale's water filtering system into our design. If we apply the same mechanism into our boat, we will be able to keep a pile of trash in place and filter out the water that came with it. We also added a compaction system that is powered by solar panels in order to compact the collected trash into bricks or smaller pieces. 

Today, we officially started prototyping based on our second sketch. Since we are building a boat and we don't have any access to plastic materials, we decided to use foam boards. We cut off two trapezoid shaped pieces for the rear and two rectangular pieces for the bottom and back. Eventually, we glued the pieces together and on top of that, we also spray painted them in light blue. It was a good day of work and we got a lot of things done.