A 'Bubble Barrier' is trapping plastic waste before it can get into the sea

cnn.com

8 pointsmatttah5 years ago4 comments

On HN

throwawaysea 5y

Another idea I’ve seen is a trash interceptor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trash_interceptor

shwestrick 5y

Genius! Cheap, effective, and low-maintenance.

NullPrefix 5y

Where is it deployed? In China or India?

jaclaz 5y

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.

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