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Malolo I

Remediation Strategy
Collection
Plastic Type
Macroplastics
Invention Category
Detection Aids
Used?
Unknown
Included in analysis?
No
Location Invented
United States
Year*
2017
Description
Unmanned aerial robot detects marine debris (especially fishing gear) in the open ocean for later collection or satellite tagging.

 

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