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A 'Bubble Barrier' is trapping plastic waste before it can get into the sea
- NullPrefix 5y agoWhere is it deployed? In China or India?
- jaclaz 5y ago>It traps 86% of the trash that would otherwise flow to the River IJssel and further on to the North Sea, according to Philip Ehrhorn, co-founder and chief technology officer of The Great Bubble Barrier, the Dutch social enterprise behind the system. >Commissioned by the municipality of Amsterdam and the region's water authority, the Bubble Barrier was installed in October 2019 in under five hours.
- shwestrick 5y agoGenius! Cheap, effective, and low-maintenance.
- throwawaysea 5y agoAnother idea I’ve seen is a trash interceptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_interceptor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_interceptor