Summary Draft #2
The article, ‘Introducing the Seabin Project’ (2018), talks about
how, tired of ‘swimming in garbage’, Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski quit
their jobs and started working on an ocean garbage collector prototype called
Seabin. According to the article, plastic contributes to a significant amount
of ocean pollution and Seabin may help reduce this. Seabin uses a motor to
create a whirlpool which sucks garbage into a bag within the bin. Clean water
is pumped back out. Oil absorbent pads clean the water of petroleum and
detergents. The article also mentions that the bin needs to be placed carefully
as, in ideal weather conditions, Seabin can only pull in garbage from a 2 to 6
mile radius. The article claims that the team is trying different approaches to
make Seabin more environmentally friendly, such as replacing it’s electric
energy source with solar panels. While the idea behind Seabin is solid, I feel
that, without help from big corporations, Seabin will not be able to
significantly curb the flow of ocean garbage
Jateff, E. (2018). Introducing the Seabin Project. Retrieved from https://www.sea.museum/2018/06/08/introducing-the-seabin-project
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