A Device To Clean Shore Waters

Andrew and Pete with the bin which holds the catch bag.

Interested in something that can catch trash before it heads into our waterways? Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski invented a device that can suck liquids and debris into the canister and then filter it out of the water.

The device, called the SEABIN, sits on the water's surface and is connected to a pump, which sucks water into the device. The debris is caught inside the device and water flows out of the bottom and into the pump, located on the dock. An optional water/oil separator then does its thing and clean water flows back out into the ocean or other body of water.



Seabin has a natural fiber catch bag inside, which is what captures the floating debris. When full, the bag holds only an amount of debris which can be safely handled by a dock worker. The worker simply exchanges the bag with a clean one and empties the filled bag into the proper receptacle, and cleans it, so it's ready to be used to replace the bag in the device, when it becomes full.

If the bag happens to be full and there is no worker, the pump still pulls the water through the device, but debris then piles up around it, ready to be removed when the worker returns. Then the full bag is emptied in the usual way. The device operates 24/7/365, giving constant cleaning abilities in the docking area.

Because this device is still an invention, funding is being provided through Indiegogo. The more money raised, the more devices can be produced. In addition, funds are being used to provide sustainable materials and to keep the filtering process simple and affordable.

You won't see much of this type of debris where Seabin operates.

Although Seabin is designed to be used in marina docking areas, future goals are to design more devices that can work other specialized locations. The team would also like to move the manufacture of the devices closer to the areas that need it, in order to reduce shipping costs. The team also plans to keep the carbon footprint of the manufacture and operation of the devices as small as possible. All of the information needed to provide support for this project is available on their website.

A group of users in Stockholm, happy with how much cleaner the sea bottom has become.

Thanks for information from this article by Terry Turner for Good News Network: http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/device-removes-trash-floating-near-shore-before-it-reaches-sea/; and the above link.

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