Novi izum: Mjehurići 'love' plastiku i sprečavaju njezin put do oceana

Prema trenutačnim podacima i razvoju, očekuje se da će plastika nadmašiti broj svih riba u moru do 2050. godine.

Ogromna količina plastike, koja nije biorazgradiva, na brojne načine prijeti životu pod vodom. S obzirom na porast odlaganja plastike u ocean, nekoliko startup firmi širom svijeta poduzima određene mjere za borbu protiv navedenog problema, prenosi The Guardian.

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Barijera mjehurića sakuplja plastiku

Nedavno je prva Bubble Barrier postavljena u Amsterdamu, u nastojanju da grad postane svjetski pionir u borbi protiv plastičnog onečišćenja.

Bubble Barrier zapravo je "zavjesa" mjehurića zraka, koji nastaju prolaskom zraka kroz cijev na dnu kanala. Dižući se s dna, mjehurići formiraju struju koja plastiku dovodi do površine vode.

 

 

 

 

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MILESTONE: FIRST BUBBLE BARRIER STOPS PLASTIC FROM AMSTERDAM'S CANALS . We’re proud to announce that today the first long term Bubble Barrier was launched in the Westerdok in Amsterdam. It’s a milestone for The Great Bubble Barrier. . The Bubble Barrier is a bubble screen and removes plastic from the water of the Amsterdam canals. This prevents canal plastic from flowing into the North Sea. This makes the city of Amsterdam a global pioneer in the fight against plastic pollution. . Waternet and other initiatives are already fishing plastic from the surface water of the Amsterdam canals and dredging is regularly done, but this is the first time the Amsterdam plastic is being caught 24/7. This is a big and necessary step. Our first Bubble Barrier works on the entire width of the Westerdok, and both ships, like tour boats, and marine life can pass. . The Bubble Barrier was commissioned by the Regional Water Authority Amstel, Gooi & Vecht and the City of Amsterdam as an extension of "Amsterdam Clean Water", a coalition which strives for clean plastic-free water in Amsterdam. The location, the Westerdok, is one of the points where the water flows from the monumental canals of Amsterdam to the river IJ. The river flows into the North Sea Canal which leads directly to the North Sea. This makes Westerdok an ideal place to catch Amsterdam's city canal plastic. . #plasticsoup #plasticpollution #plasticsoep #catchingplastic #saveourseas

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Zbog dijagonalnog smještanja, Bubble Barrier koristi prirodni tok za usmjeravanje plastike u sustav sakupljanja plastike postavljen na rijeci.

Tvrtka odgovorna za Bubble Barrier tvrdi da on radi 24 sata dnevno, sedam dana u tjednu i ne utječe na divlje životinje.

Ovaj startup predvođen ženama osnovalae su Anne Marieke Eveleens, Francis Zoet i Saskia Studer 2017. godine u Amsterdamu. 

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Organizacija koja upravlja svim pitanjima vode u gradu Amsterdamu, Waternet, inače dnevno sakupi 3.500 kg otpada. U godinu dana organizacija uspije ukloniti oko 42.000 kilograma plastike.