Hoola One

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Both (microplastics and macroplastics)

Invention Category

Vacuums

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

Canada

Year^*

2019

Description

Vacuums approximately three gallons of sand and debris per minute into a tank that separates particles by buoyancy, allowing for plastic separation and removal.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

The Hoola One works at 1000 ft2/hour (Hoola One: Get a Quote, n.d.). Assuming it cleans at a depth of 2 inches, it is possible to clean the equivalent of a tennis court in 2 hours (Hoola One: Get a Quote, n.d.). In two weeks, the Hoola One collected 230 pounds of microplastics (Hoola One: the beach microplastic vacuum cleaner, 2021).

References

Hoola One – We hand the beaches back to nature. (n.d.). Hoola One. Retrieved September 12, 2023, from https://hoolaone.com/; Hoola One Microplastic Removal Machine Arrives On Hawaii. (2019, April 25). Big Island Video News. https://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2019/04/25/video-hoola-one-microplastic-removal-machine-arrives-on-hawaii/; Mendoza, J. (2019, January 7). Canadian college students built a machine that could soon change Big Island beaches for the better. Hawaii News Now. https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2019/01/08/canadian-college-students-built-machine-that-could-soon-change-big-island-beaches-better/; Peters, A. (2019, June 21). This giant vacuum is designed to suck up plastic from the beach. Fast Company. https://www.fastcompany.com/90366838/this-giant-vacuum-is-designed-to-suck-up-plastic-from-the-beach

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Hoola One: Get a Quote. (n.d.). Hoola One. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://hoolaone.com/get-a-quote/; Hoola One: The beach microplastic vacuum cleaner. (2021). Surfertoday. https://www.surfertoday.com/environment/hoola-one-the-beach-microplastic-vacuum-cleaner; KITV Web Staff, 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.