This Genius Duo Is Removing Million Tons Of Ocean Trash With An Innovative Idea

By Sughra Hafeez in Science and Technology On 2nd January 2016
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#1 Mighty, mighty Seabin Inventors

Pete Ceglinski and Andrew Turton came up with a solution to their oceans' cleanliness-related frustrations.

#2 Friends, this is the Seabin

Friends, this is the Seabin

Seabin is more like our usual fish tank's cleaning amenity.

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#3 Financial help of the project

Seabin had initial seed funding from Shark Mitigation Systems. The prototype is then carried in Spain for Crowdfunding.

#4 Seabin's bucket

Simply, the bucket is attached in a water pump system that works as if it sucks the water surface.

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#5 Easier cleaning

Of course, these surfers do not completely rely on the Seabin. Still, collaboration and collective effort is an important key to achieve the goal.

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#6 Suction procedure

Oils, trash and other unnecessary compounds will be taken in and filtered by a filtering sheet.

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#7 How Seabin Works

In a very simple diagram, here's how the Seabin works.

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#8 Innovation for sustainability

The product has made a worldwide impact. Now, their crowdfunding request is close to their specified quota. Congratulations to the innovators. You are world changers!