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The Great Bubble Barrier

Remediation Strategy
Collection
Plastic Type
Both (microplastics and macroplastics)
Invention Category
Air Barriers
Used?
Yes
Included in analysis?
Yes
Location Invented
Netherlands
Year*
2019
Description
Tubes placed diagonally across the bottom of the waterway create a bubble barrier by pumping air, creating a current that brings debris to the surface and guides it to a catchment system.

References

“Bubble Barrier,” n.d.; “Bubble barrier catches micro-plastics from effluent sewage treatment,” n.d.; Thomson, 2019.

 

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