Holy Turtle

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Large-Scale Booms

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

United States

Year^*

2018

Description

1,000-foot-long floating unit is towed by two marine vessels and captures floating waste; large vent hole protects marine life.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Holy Turtle could collect 20 tons of trash in one round (Kotecki, 2018)

References

SodaStream International Ltd. (n.d.). SodaStream Builds Massive Marine Device to Collect Plastic Waste from the Ocean off the Coast of Honduras. Cision PR Newswire. Retrieved September 6, 2023, from https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sodastream-builds-massive-marine-device-to-collect-plastic-waste-from-the-ocean-off-the-coast-of-honduras-300726688.html

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Kotecki, P. (2018). SodaStream built a 1000-foot-long contraption called the “Holy Turtle” to collect plastic from the ocean. Business Insider. https://www.businessinsider.com/sodastreams-holy-turtle-cleans-plastic-from-ocean-in-honduras-2018-10

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