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WASTE NOT, WANT YES
Every surfer worth their salt wants a clean ocean environment. Ports
and marinas are the perfect place to start as they combine high levels of
human activity with a hell of a lot of rubbish and pollutants such as petrol
and oil. Enter the ‘Seabin’.
Good friends, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinksi with the help of West
Australian seed investors Shark Mitigation Systems have designed a
prototype of their revolutionary ocean-cleaning technology and are now
hoping to raise enough capital through a crowd funding campaign to
launch into full scale production. Their automated rubbish bin is designed
to be put in the water around marinas and ports and uses a shore-based
water pump to pull water into the bin along with any floating rubbish, oil,
fuel and other pollutants. A natural fibre bag then catches all the rubbish
and allows for clean water to get pumped back into the ocean.
Providing their crowd funding target is met, Seabins are expected to be
available late this year and will retail for about $5,297 AUD.
www.seabinproject.com
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