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This is interesting. There's a related "startup" tackling the problem from a different angle: https://theoceancleanup.com/ https://theoceancleanup.com/ They d
by cagenut 6y ago
This is interesting. There's a related "startup" tackling the problem from a different angle: https://theoceancleanup.com/ https://theoceancleanup.com/
They did some research and found that something like the top 5 or top 10 rivers in the world are the source of 80+% of the plastic in the ocean. So they came up with this plastic-filtering-barge design with hopes of placing them at key points in all the major rivers. So far four are built and in operation. Absolutely not a solution but a ton of harm reduction.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOceanCleanup/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/TheOceanCleanup/videos
- jiofih 6y agoBoth of them hail from Amsterdam! I imagine the bubble idea might have come out of seeing the ocean cleanup barges in operation - they have the problem of interfering with boat traffic where deployed.
- drxzcl 6y agoOcean Cleanup is originally a Delft company that moved to Rotterdam. They are not "from Amsterdam".
- rzwitserloot 6y agoThe Ocean Cleanup hails from Delft. It was founded there, and the concept was 'invented' whilst the inventors were busy with an Aerospace Engineering course at the Delft University. Different province and about an hour's travel south from Amsterdam I guess the frisian province is 'Amsterdam Lake District', rotterdam is 'Amsterdam Harbour', The Hague is 'Amsterdam Government Plaza', and Delft is just 'Amsterdam - Burials of Royals + that place with the solar boats and cars and the plastic barges dept' :P NB: I think that "Amsterdam Lake District" thing really is how its marketed from time to time to attempt to distribute tourism more throughout the country. The rest a bit more tongue in cheek.