Clear River Litter Trap

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Waterway Litter Traps

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

Netherlands

Year^*

2014

Description

Floating device uses waterway currents to capture and guide litter into the trap before it flows downstream.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

The average amount of waste collected is 1.5 cubic meters per month in Brussels, Belgium (Upcycled Litter Traps, n.d.).

References

Upcycled Litter traps. (n.d.). CLEAR RIVERS | For a Plastic Free Sea! Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.clearrivers.eu/litter-traps; Timeline. (n.d.). Clear Rivers. Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.clearrivers.eu/blog.

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Upcycled Litter traps. (n.d.). CLEAR RIVERS | For a Plastic Free Sea! Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.clearrivers.eu/litter-traps

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