Autonomiczny system do zbierania plastikowych śmieci z rzek
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Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup has launched the Interceptor, an autonomous system for collecting plastic pollution from rivers before it reaches the sea. The organisation said the solar-powered system would augment its ongoing efforts to remove marine plastic waste from the oceans. The company have also said they aim to rid the world's dirtiest rivers of plastic by 2025. With research showing that 1% of rivers are actually responsible for 80% of the plastic that ends up in the ocean, the project is critical in freeing the world???s oceans of plastic. The Interceptor has been in the works since 2015 and is already operational in Indonesia and Malaysia. Plans are also underway to install the system in Vietnam???s Mekong Delta and in Santo Domingo. Incredibly, the system can extract a little over 110,000 pounds of plastic a day and on good days - with optimal conditions - it can double that number. These exciting plans come on the heels of news that The Ocean Cleanup has successfully begun collecting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch after a few initial setbacks. ??sTo truly rid the oceans of plastic, we need to both clean up the legacy and close the tap, preventing more plastic from reaching the oceans in the first place,??? says Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup. ??sCombining our ocean cleanup technology with the Interceptor, the solutions now exist to address both sides of the equation.??? Interceptors consist of floating barriers attached to processing plants that resemble barges and are anchored to the river bed. The barriers funnel plastic waste into the mouth of the plant, which is powered by solar panels and operates without the need for human operators. A conveyor belt separates the waste from the water and moves it up to a shuttle, which automatically dumps the waste into containers on a separate barge docked below. When the containers are all full, the onboard computer system alerts local partners to bring a boat and
2019-11-05
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