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Remediation Strategy
Collection
Plastic Type
Macroplastics
Invention Category
Waterway Litter Traps
Used?
Pilot
Included in analysis?
Yes
Location Invented
United Kingdom
Year*
2020
Description
Barrier to direct waste onto conveyor belts which run along the riverbank and deposit waste into receptacles.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

It can collect up to 80 tons of plastic per day from any river (“Ichthion: Technology,” 2020).

References

Technology. Ichthion. (2020). http://ichthion.com/technology/

 

* Year designates the year invented; if the year invented was unavailable, the earliest year that an article about the technology was published was used.