| Vacuum Cleaner from Garbage Patch |
| 29 July 2010 |
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Plastic waste is present everywhere; in the world’s oceans it is accumulating in some particular areas known as the “Garbage Patchâ€, characterized by exceptionally high concentrations of very small plastic debris that have been trapped by the currents. The larger of these areas is the “Great Pacific Garbage Patchâ€, discovered in 1988. Its exact dimension is still unknown, but it has been estimated that it ranges from 700.000 to 10 million km2. According to the UNEP, plastic debris causes the deaths of more than a million seabirds every year, as well as more than 100,000 marine mammals. To raise public awareness regarding this problem an interesting initiative, called “Vac from the Seaâ€, was lunched by Electrolux. The aim of this initiative is gather plastic debris from the floating Ocean Garbage and recycle it to make a limited number of vacuums. The project is clearly demonstrative more than commercially oriented but it serves to demonstrate another way to turn plastic pollution into a useful product. For more information and for following the initiative progresses see:" |
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