Nets on the outlets of drainage pipes save waterways from pollution
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Nets on the outlets of drainage pipes save waterways from pollution
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#2This is great! It certainly helps but we humans also need to change our behavior about littering.
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#3800 pounds in a couple of weeks... kind of dispells the notion that it's not coming from western countries.
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#4> Though the installation and the manufacture of these nets cost money (about $10,000 each)
That seems exceedingly expensive for a net and a metal ring to hold it (maybe because drainage outlets aren’t standard sizes?), but I’m impressed with the claims of how effective it is.
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#5What a weird country, on the one hand they want to save environment from plastic pollution.
On the other one tho.. invest in coal power plants, which will only make drought issues bigger.
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#6800 pounds in a couple of weeks... kind of dispells the notion that it's not coming from western countries.
800 pounds? China pumps 4,800,000,000 pounds (2.4 million tons) of plastic into the ocean each year.
No, western countries are not perfect. Yes, the vast majority of ocean waste comes from poor, non-Western countries. The US, 3rd largest country by population, is #20 for ocean pollution. China alone produces 1/3 of all ocean waste.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/world-s-oceans-cl...
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#7 Interesting, I'm curious about the impact on wildlife and the way they switch the full nets for empty ones.
They imply there's an overflow system in place I'd love to know how that works
More info on the company manufacturing those http://stormwatersystems.com/trash-traps/ They also make trash collecting bots boats.
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#8This merely puts the plastic pollution somewhere else (into a dump near the ocean most likely), so it doesn’t really save anything.
The problem is still the production of the materials in the first place.
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#9> Though the installation and the manufacture of these nets cost money (about $10,000 each) That seems exceedingly expensive for a net and a metal ring to hold it (maybe because drainage outlets aren’t standard sizes?), but I’m impressed with the claims of how effective it is.
The city's website [1] says that cost includes the design, manufacture, install and associated civil works.
[1] https://www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/our-city/news/Pages/City%E2%80...
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#10this is so damn simple, that I fear for us, for not having thought of it sooner ><