StormTrap TrashTrap

Remediation Strategy

Prevention

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Stormwater and Wastewater Filters

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

United States

Year^*

2018

Description

Mesh net system uses water flow to capture and remove trash, floatables, and solids from stormwater and wastewater.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

StormTrap/TrashTrap has a removal efficiency of 97% (TrashTrap, 2020).

Peer-reviewed Effectiveness

It captured 110 total tons of plastic and on average, removes 750 lbs of plastic (Fischer & Turner, 2003).

References

TrashTrap: Capture floatables with innovative netting systems. (n.d.). Stormtrap. Retrieved September 5, 2023, from https://stormtrap.com/products/trashtrap/ TrashTrap Floatables Collection System Guide Specification. (2018). https://stormtrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/TrashTrap-Specification.pdf.

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

TrashTrap. (2020). Stormtrap. https://stormtrap.com/products/trashtrap/

Peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Fischer, R., & Turner, R. (2003). A Good Haul. Water Environment & Technology, 15(4), 56–59.

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