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Ocean Trash Collector

This document describes the development of an ocean trash collector made from recycled materials to address the growing problem of plastic pollution in oceans. The trash collector system uses a floating barrier with a net to gather trash in coastal areas. Trash collected is then recycled to build more trash collectors, helping to clean oceans with less manual labor. Future recommendations include educating communities on waste management and collaborating with organizations that reuse collected waste.

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Ocean Trash Collector

This document describes the development of an ocean trash collector made from recycled materials to address the growing problem of plastic pollution in oceans. The trash collector system uses a floating barrier with a net to gather trash in coastal areas. Trash collected is then recycled to build more trash collectors, helping to clean oceans with less manual labor. Future recommendations include educating communities on waste management and collaborating with organizations that reuse collected waste.

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OCEAN

OCEAN TRASH
TRASH
COLLECTOR
COLLECTOR
OUT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS

The Philippines is the third largest contributor, with an estimated 0.75


million metric tons of unmanaged plastic entering the ocean each year. Materials:
Most people are aware of the atrocious truth about our oceans:
hundreds and tons of plastic debris in the form of bottles, fishing nets,
Styrofoam, rubber, bags and a overabundance of other containers are
constantly abandoned into the sea. Our goal is to develop a long-term
solution to the growing problem of waste materials on the ocean. We
use discarded plastic that are collected in the ocean as a source to
create a new eco- friendly innovation.
Net Rope Drum
The ocean is one of the main sources of life in the Philippines; many
citizens have created permanent shelters by the coast or by the Finish Product:
shallows of the ocean itself. Because of this, waste and garbage buildup
occurs by the areas surrounding human civilization, which then creates
an unsanitary environment and endangers the lives of the species living
in the ocean. According to an article written by Bea Fernandez from
Modern Spatial Divisions: “…improperly disposed waste carries a risk to
spread diseases, some waste has been identified as having a higher risk HOW IT WORKS:
of spreading disease than others.” (B. Fernandez, 2019) and many of Both ends of the equipment is
these wastes even contributing to flooding. With this in mind, the connected to the sea buoy to keep it in
development of a project that can contain plastic pollution in the ocean one area. The drums, connected by a
is developed. In the year 2018, “The Ocean Cleanup” has developed a rope made out of organic fibers that
technology that can efficiently collect garbage disposed of in the ocean. secures it to the net, keep the
Making use of a 600-meter-long floater and a 3-meter-deep skirt that equipment afloat. The net, made out of
would catch the garbage and keep the waste from passing above or recycled bottles and spanning about 3-
below it (citizensustainable.com, 2020). The system is placed on the meters-deep, collects the trash that
ocean, acting as an artificial coast which will gather trash until it is floats away from the coast and gathers
collected by a vessel. The idea of this project is to produce an Ocean them in one area. Then the trash
Cleanup System of the same nature made up of recycled materials, collected by the equipment is
thus making it cheap and easy to replicate. Furthermore, with this gathered by a coast team and recycles
Ocean Trash Collector, cleanup would require lesser manpower as the them to make more Ocean Trash
system would keep the garbage from floating further into the sea. Collector that can be launched into
more garbage polluted coasts or
turned into other products.
Recommendation for future researchers:
Firstly, ensure the education on proper waste management of all the
LGU's. Less waste means easier waste management. Knowledge or idea
with regards to the said product must also be desiminated to the
citizens living in coastal areas so that the researchers will be satisfied
that they will have the cooperation and support of the LGU and the
project will be a success.
The materials that we had used (ex- researchers of this product) are
much simpler and is easy to get, it being found just around the
surroundings and in disposed materials. If preferred, innovate on other
materials that will be much stronger and much more convenient to use
so that it will give less hassle and more secure against strong ocean
currents.
Future researchers may also collaborate with other organizations that
produce products out of disposed materials, so that the collected ocean
waste may be reused.

References:
Day, L. (2020, November 02). 15 Innovative Solutions To Our Garbage Problems. Retrieved from Citizen Sustainable:
https://citizensustainable.com/15-creative-waste-solutions/#13_Technology_to_Clean_up_Our_Oceans
Fernandez, B. (2019, May 10). Improper Solid Waste Management in Manila. Retrieved from Modern Spatial Divisions:
https://medium.com/@modernspatialdivisions/improper-solid-waste-management-in-manila-513224d50b17
The Ocean Cleanup. (2021). CREATING AN ARTICIFIAL COASTLINE. Retrieved from theoceancleanup.com:
https://theoceancleanup.com/oceans/

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