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.

References

“Hoola One – We hand the beaches back to nature,” n.d.; “Hoola One microplastic removal machine arrives on Hawaii,” 2019; KITV Web Staff, 2019; Mendoza, n.d.; Peters, 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.