Floating boom and net attached to embankments, stormwater outfalls, canals, or creeks collects floating debris.
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Plastics Technology
Watergoat Trash Traps
Remediation Strategy
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Location Invented
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Description
Effectiveness or Ecological Impact
Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness
A single Watergoat will capture on average 111lbs of trash per month (based on data from 151 Watergoats). The Watergoat prevented over 322 tons of debris from "ever getting close to the ocean" (WATERGOAT - Home, n.d.).
References
Mark Maksimowicz. (2006). LinkedIn. Retrieved February 19, 2020, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-maksimowicz-93228712/.; Parsons. (2017, December 5). Watergoats gobble up trash in Tampa Bay—Bay Soundings. https://baysoundings.com/watergoats-gobble-trash-tampa-bay/; tfarrell. (2019, January 8). News Archives. Dumpster Market. https://dumpstermarket.com/daily-dump/news/.
Non-peer-reviewed Effectiveness
WATERGOAT - Home. (n.d.). [2021]. Retrieved November 7, 2022, from https://www.watergoat.org/; “‘Watergoat’ trash traps helping curb litter in Augusta,” 2018
* Year designates the year invented; if the year invented was unavailable, the earliest year that an article about the technology was published was used.