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Viral ‘plastic-eating’ boat removes 3 tons of garbage per hour: ‘This is actually so cool’ (lighthouse-eco.co.za)

submitted 1 year ago by sheawoodrow@kbin.social to c/environment@beehaw.org

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An ingenious solution to rid our oceans of plastic waste has been going viral after climate-positive content creator Sam Bentley explained the terrific technology.

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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 10 points 1 year ago

https://www.theseacleaners.org/faqs/

The boat is playing infrasound noise to scare animals away. The catch is sorted manually, where they remove animals and other organic matter.

I wouldn't worry about jellyfish particularly. There's way too many of them.