GabyFor the eighth consecutive year, former surfers Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski are on their noble mission. They are cleaning the world’s oceans of trash, saying it is “for future generations.”
The results of the mission are impressive. The tandem’s invention helped to clear away from microplastics and other pollutants, the volume of seawater equivalent to the content of five thousand Olympic swimming pools.
A miracle device that cleans the ocean.
In 2015, friends developed a simple, small, yet highly effective filtering collector called Seabin. It filters water by removing plastic, cellophane, paper, residues of petroleum products, detergents, and other pollutants. It even captures microplastic particles as small as two millimeters.
Importantly, the device does not pose a danger to the life of fish and other aquatic inhabitants. It takes the cleaning material from a 10-millimeter layer of the water surface, which is high enough to avoid harming marine fauna.
Throughout the year, the wonder basket or “marine trash bin” – as the men call their creation – collects half a ton of oceanic debris.
Now this invention has spread all over the world, conquering dozens of countries, the publication reported. Daily Mail It is willingly installed in ports, yacht clubs, on docks, and so on.
What else should be known about the “marine garbage bin”?
When starting their startup, industrial engineer Pete Ceglinski and his friend, designer Andrew Terton, left their jobs. With the help of crowdfunding, they managed to raise $300,000 for their new venture. This was very unexpected. Firstly, they were able to accumulate investments online in just two months. Secondly, the amount exceeded their initial expectations of $230,000.
The startup immediately focused on cleaning the ocean near the shores. After all, an incredible amount of marine debris accumulates there. garbage .
A filtration basket that can hold 20 kg of waste is placed on a floating platform. The main requirement is access to a power source. The “marine trash bin” operates on the principle of an aquarium filter. Inside the bucket, there is a water pump and a mesh bag made of a burlap-like natural fabric. This bag is, in fact, the trap for the waste.
The tank captures polluted water, filters it, and then releases it back into the ocean already purified. Within an hour, the tank filters about 25,000 liters of water.
The improved version of Seabin, the V5 Hybrid, operates on a voltage of 110/120 V. The cost of operating the device is just one dollar a day. The innovative device costs around 4000 dollars.
The startup founders plan to create more environmentally friendly and energy-efficient collectors that will operate on wind or solar energy.
Recently, the founders of Seabin announced the launch of an ambitious project to clean suburban waters: “100 cities by 2050.” The first cities where it is being actively implemented are Sydney and Los Angeles. The team predicts that by 2025, they will be able to remove approximately 54 tons of marine debris from Los Angeles alone.
Every year, ocean waves wash ashore about 12 million tons of plastic. The current climate crisis is terrible, say Pete and Andrew. However, these staunch optimists believe that they will do everything possible and impossible to improve the ecology of the world’s oceans.
