Device to trap ocean plastic in Pacific Oceans 25/06/2019 – Posted in: Daily News – Tags:

DEVICE TO TRAP OCEAN PLASTIC WASTE

 

A floating device designed to catch plastic waste has been redeployed in a second attempt to clean up an island in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.

  • This is a 2,000-foot long floating boom.
  • The device is fitted with solar-powered lights, cameras, sensors and satellite antennas.
  • With these devices, it intends to communicate its location all the time.
  • The plastic barrier with a tapered 10-foot-deep (3-meter-deep) screen is intended to act like a coastline, trapping some of the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic.

 

Source: The Hindu

 

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