MariClean

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Boats with Conveyor Belts

Used?

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

Canada

Year^*

2020

Description

Catamaran fitted with a conveyor belt collects debris from seas, straits and bays.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

MariClean runs for 8-10 operating hours per day. It's maximum weight of payload (non-plastic and plastic waste) is 4.8 tons and its maximum range is 300nm. The team hopes that vessel can assist in cleaning the majority of plastic waste (98%) in the Malacca strait (Mulder et al. n.d.).

References

Echavez, J. (2020, May 20). MariClean: A Sustainable Marine Litter Clean-up Vessel. Unite Ideas, United Nations. https://ideas.unite.un.org/Page/ViewIdea?ideaid=9164

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Mulder, C., McGreer, D., Mikkelsen, J., McKesson, C., Jelovica, J., & Stana, V. (n.d.). MariClean: Marine Debris Cleaning Vessel. Retrieved February 6, 2023, from https://drive.google.com/file/d/14L4idiyvjnyZgPOPAsGQARfCGh7ldY-W/view?usp=embed_facebook.

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