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The Seabin ocean trash collector.
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/30/seabin-ocean-pollution-epa-marina-miami-garbage
Aug 14, 2018 3:50 PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2016/mar/30/seabin-ocean-pollution-epa-marina-miami-garbage
Popspoppingit
I wonder what they do about the fish they catch.
twinrider1
Cool for a little marina I guess. Someone will have to empty that bag and there's the cost to run/maintain the pump.
KillerGymSox
Slayer of fish
MarkerMage
$10 says some adorable aquatic wildlife gets stuck in one.
uncas5128
We've been hearing about these forever - are they actually working anywhere?
Ghostory
only need 7 million of them
Djalabajoe
This is for clearing up the shit rich assholes dump off their yachts into the marina not for actually cleaning the oceans.
Nekron35
That bucket is just near towns, but people here talk about the ocean. This could be the solution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=du5d5PUrH0I
PantLord
Was wondering how I missed the Serbian Ocean for a minute lol
zippyzozippyzayzippyzappyzoopyzee
Jeezus Christ, comments. Way to find the cloud behind the silver lining.
TheShedGRFC
And then get a giant seabin to collect the smaller ones.
callmethelizardqueen
And here I am on my kayak with a fishing net cleaning the shit out of the lake when this exists.
BishlamekGurpgork
HA HA HA HA LOOOOOOOSER!
BishlamekGurpgork
2/ Seriously, though, good on you, you're one of the good ones.
callmethelizardqueen
I do it because it pisses me off. If I could paddle faster I would have chased after the boat that tossed a water bottle my way.
BishlamekGurpgork
Carry a harpoon gun.
vikingvampireangel
Sucks 1 million pounds of coastal birds inside. Becomes new method of "bird fishing"
605Scorpion
China buys them by the thousands.
mottolotto
See, now if they did that in the gulf of mexico that whole would be filled faster than a pornhub advertisement.
DuchessGummiBunns
Ha!
eastbayrae
Nope it sure won’t for one simple reason; you still have trash people just being trash.
BishlamekGurpgork
That's why it wouldn't fill with trash?
DutchCraft2050
The sea bi in
PapaNurgleLovesYou
Some guy with a golf ball would get a hole-in-one
tamerthelame
But then where does the trash go after? Back into the ocean?
BishlamekGurpgork
Caught in a mesh bag, I guess.
BishlamekGurpgork
How does it keep the water out of the hole? How does it expel the water it takes on? Is it powered? How much coal needs to burn to power it?
BishlamekGurpgork
2/ Also, how does it regulate its buoyancy so that its lip is always JUST below surface level, if its weight changes with trash taken on,
BishlamekGurpgork
and surface level changes with tide? Can't balance it by weight or tether it to a certain depth.
TheLazyLibrarian
So I followed the link, and here's the diagram that the makers put up with the article (tldr it's bad):
rabbiebabbie
100 million more of these spread across the ocean and maybe we'll have less pollution! Or they'll malfunction and will become the pollution!
SpaceballsTheComment
You either die a villain or live long enough to become the hero.
MisanthropicAnthropoid
Entropy! I like it.
VerifiedAllah
or animals get in them and get stuck and die
Cucumberclouds
Yeah I want to know how the fish dont get stuck....hmm better go investigate
barnwolf
I think they are mostly for places like harbors, where the currents tend to cause the trash and stuff to collect.
Aksuuuh
And then they slowly begin to swallow one another. At the end there's only one bin left floating. It's a win-win
sebvit
It's a bin-win!
JHawke
One bin to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.
SalsaCat
Till it becomes self aware and big enough to swallow whole boats.
slysavhoot
Or self aware. Seanet. 268 million year old galactic war. Something about Hilarys emails. Time cop. Other such things.
braaaiiiiinnnnsss
Settle down there Batman. If you take out more than 1 pollution, you're still having a net reduction in pollution.
eatyourveggiescarl
But then where do you put 1 pollution?
braaaiiiiinnnnsss
eatyourveggiescarl
I mean, unless we find a way to resuse a large amount of it, burying, burning, or shooting it out into space can only go so far.
primusnominetandemnomine
"You were supposed to bring balance to the oceans not destroy them!"
johnwayne12
From my point of view it is the oceans that are evil
ProcrastinatingWork
"I hate you"
TheDodoIsAlive
You were my brother AnaBin, I loved you
Shortstack1357
yeah.. there's waves out there. they don't do so well with that.
WillTheFifth
Randy, I am the liquor.
gwhh
Malfunction is my bet
DirtyMikeWithTheBoys
They did a study and whales are actually trying to eat them. Not good for the ocean
FuckGlitter
I think they want to have a movable one to take care of problem areas like the floating trash islands first. Not positive though
ChewbaccaBox
Or people might turn them into a fish harvester
EveryonesCousin
Oh don't worry, we'll just fill up the ground instead of the ocean.
AwkwardKeming
But, where does it put it?
JohnnyDS60
Obviously... China
n0n53n53
the bottom of the ocean where we can't see it
GerberLegalTeam
I guess it catches it
strideo
Sweeps everything under a giant rug.
number2commenter
In the basket! Or it gets the hose again.
nero4ty2
in a bag, they need to be emptied regularly, meant to be for marinas if I remember correclty
rezpawner
Eh, chuck it into the ocean, it's like right next to it. It's already polluted, so what the hell, right?
grumpypolecat
Outside of the environment
ohmegatron
Into a different environment, right?
dustmywets
VonCalico
I assume it has some kind of bypass for water and a net that catches trash until it gets to full and loses suction till someone takes it out
BishlamekGurpgork
But how? Does water just fall out? Why doesn't it fall in from the bottom, too? It has to be powered somehow.
Popnfrresh
Garbage can surface skimmer with a pump at bottom.
BishlamekGurpgork
I don't see solar panels on it, so we're burning coal to clean the ocean here. At least, here in the US we are. Like idiots.
Camelspotting
We don't use *that* much coal.
Popnfrresh
It depends on how the marina decides to purchase their power. If they purchase green power, then it would use reusable sources.