Waste Cleaner

Remediation Strategy

Collection

Plastic Type

Macroplastics

Invention Category

Boats

Used?

Yes

Included in analysis?

Yes

Location Invented

France

Year^*

2019

Description

Boat that travels through the water with a collecting ‘mouth’ at the bow and waste is steered into a hold.

Effectiveness or Ecological Impact

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

It can hold 700 kg of solid waste (Waste Recovery Barge Cleaner 83, n.d.).

References

Waste cleaner - 6 to 9 meters - EFINOR SEA CLEANER %. EFINOR SEA CLEANER. (2020, July 6). https://seacleaner.efinor.com/en/gammes/waste-cleaner-en/

Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness

Waste Recovery Barge Cleaner 83. (n.d.). NauticExpo. Retrieved November 8, 2022, from https://www.nauticexpo.com/prod/efinor-sea-cleaner/product-195479-561487.html

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