Two Australians, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, created the Seabin, a floating rubbish bin that can collect plastic bottles, paper, oil, fuel, and detergent floating in the ocean. It was built as a cheap and low maintenance alternative to “trash boats.”
“One of the goals is to make the Seabin from our own plastics to create another Seabin to capture more, it’s a domino effect,” say the creators. “The second goal is to create a world where we don’t need the Seabin.”
They make nearly everything in-house themselves and aim to start shipping mid to late 2016. You can help make this happen by contributing through Indiegogo – at the time of writing, they’ve collected $39,766 out of their $230,000 goal.
More info: seabinproject.com | Indiegogo
This floating rubbish bin can collect plastic bottles, paper, oil, fuel, and detergent floating in the ocean
It’s a low maintenance and a fairly cheap way to fight marine pollution
“One of the goals is to make the Seabin from our own plastics to create another Seabin to capture more, it’s a domino effect”
You can help the project by contributing on Indiegogo
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Share on FacebookThe idea is great, but this needs to be taken to another level which is making it more practical and capable of actually cleaning large areas of water.
Thinking like that is like: I want to resolve the world hunger, but I let this homeless man outside of my house to die from hunger because he is a scale too small.
Load More Replies...Guys this is the way to go. Just think about it..........no hard work, nothing fancy and yet it just keeps going 24\7. Al we have to do is clean the bin out. You guys ROCK BIG TIME.
There's a kid who is trying to use the ocean currents to collect trash. They created floating barriers that fish can swim out of, which at like herding pens for the debris. Once the trash is in one place, it can be picked up.
what happens to any marine life from our pollution? This will do them more good than bad.. And as -- said - it floats on surface. Doubt any fish will get caught in it...
Load More Replies...I'd like to see the mechanics of this thing. How is the rubbish attracted into the bin; is there a solar powered pump?
They explain it on their website. "The Seabin is situated at the waters surface and is plumbed into a shore based water pump on the dock."
Load More Replies...What area can be processed by one of these? There are hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean that needs to be cleaned. How many of these would be required to even make a dent in the problem?
Its not that great, it would be great if you didnt have to run piping to a water pump that needs electricy. Still helps but check out the Chesapeake water wheel.
Donate! I'm thinking a whole bunch of these out by the huge mass of trash in the Pacific! Much needed, IMHO. YESSSS for Shark Tank.
Looks like it works OK on calm water, but not sure about an ocean environment. Would like to see how it works in waves.
It's not made for oceanic use at all. They're meant to be placed in harbours and bays and collected by rubbish collectors like regular bins.
Load More Replies...The idea is great, but this needs to be taken to another level which is making it more practical and capable of actually cleaning large areas of water.
Thinking like that is like: I want to resolve the world hunger, but I let this homeless man outside of my house to die from hunger because he is a scale too small.
Load More Replies...Guys this is the way to go. Just think about it..........no hard work, nothing fancy and yet it just keeps going 24\7. Al we have to do is clean the bin out. You guys ROCK BIG TIME.
There's a kid who is trying to use the ocean currents to collect trash. They created floating barriers that fish can swim out of, which at like herding pens for the debris. Once the trash is in one place, it can be picked up.
what happens to any marine life from our pollution? This will do them more good than bad.. And as -- said - it floats on surface. Doubt any fish will get caught in it...
Load More Replies...I'd like to see the mechanics of this thing. How is the rubbish attracted into the bin; is there a solar powered pump?
They explain it on their website. "The Seabin is situated at the waters surface and is plumbed into a shore based water pump on the dock."
Load More Replies...What area can be processed by one of these? There are hundreds of thousands of square miles of ocean that needs to be cleaned. How many of these would be required to even make a dent in the problem?
Its not that great, it would be great if you didnt have to run piping to a water pump that needs electricy. Still helps but check out the Chesapeake water wheel.
Donate! I'm thinking a whole bunch of these out by the huge mass of trash in the Pacific! Much needed, IMHO. YESSSS for Shark Tank.
Looks like it works OK on calm water, but not sure about an ocean environment. Would like to see how it works in waves.
It's not made for oceanic use at all. They're meant to be placed in harbours and bays and collected by rubbish collectors like regular bins.
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