How these “floating garbage bins” can help clean up our waters
Source: https://www.freethink.com/science/floating-garbage-bins
Author: Pooja Chhabria
Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, who describe themselves as avid water lovers, launched the project in Australia back in 2015 and now hold a mission to clean up 100 cities by 2050. “When I stad Seabin, I was focused on only the symptom of the problem, which was plastic pollution and clean-up. As I learned more about this global issue through personal and professional development, I understood that the real solution to all human-made problems is education,” says CEO and co-founder Pete Ceglinski. “If we were a bit smar, we wouldn’t have plastic pollution, and we wouldn’t need Seabin smart tech. So I invested in building data, science, education and prevention problems, as well as delivering innovative tech to clean up. The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) says 8 million tonnes of plastic waste ends up in our ocean every year, and forecasts suggest this could double by 2025 if we don’t take drastic action. The team at the Seabin project understood that human over-consumption and waste mismanagement was killing our ocean. Their trial and error approach led to a commercial product that acts as a floating garbage bin and intercepts trash, oil, fuel and detergents.