Floating device to be installed in Can Tho city to extract plastic debris

Thursday, 07/11/2019 18:14
(CPV) - A new project to help rid the seas of plastic waste has been launched by The Ocean Cleanup, with AkzoNobel providing coatings technology for the garbage-gathering system.

The latest venture is focused on the Interceptor, a floating device which can extract plastic debris from rivers - preventing it from adding to the build-up in our oceans. Already tested in the Netherlands and South East Asia, the plan is to place Interceptors in 1,000 rivers over the next five years.

The Interceptor floating device has already tested in the Netherlands and South East Asia (Photo:  Bao Tran)

“As official coatings partner to The Ocean Cleanup, we’re fully committed to supporting the fantastic work they’re doing to stop the world drowning in plastic. As well as supplying marine coatings with a proven track record, our experts were also involved in the design of the Interceptor devices, so we’re excited to see them deployed in rivers around the world”, said Jean Michel Gauthier, Global Business Director for AkzoNobel’s Marine, Protective and Yacht Coatings business.

Capable of extracting up to 50 tons of trash per day, each Interceptor system has a storage capacity of 50m3 (roughly the volume of ten adult elephants).

So far, four Interceptors have been built, two systems are already operational in Jakarta capital (Indonesia) and Klang (royal town and former capital of the state of Selangor, Malaysia).

A third one is in Vietnam to be installed in Can Tho city in the Mekong Delta, while the fourth is destined to be deployed in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic and a UNESCO world heritage site./.

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