Amsterdam unveils canal bubble barrier to keep plastic out of sea

[JacksinPA]

Amsterdam unveils canal bubble barrier to keep plastic out of sea | World news | The Guardian

Amsterdam unveils canal bubble barrier to keep plastic out of sea
Invention to block waste, but not boats or wildlife, arrives in Dutch city’s famous waterways

The world’s first rubbish barrier made entirely from bubbles has been unveiled in Amsterdam in an attempt to catch waste in the city’s canals before it reaches the North Sea.

A Dutch start-up, the Amsterdam municipality and the regional water board launched the Great Bubble Barrier, a simple device that channels rubbish – especially small pieces of plastic – to the side of the Westerdok canal where it can be retrieved. Tests have shown it can divert more than 80% of flotsam.
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One of my favorite cities but now overrun by tourists.

I wish we had similar devices to get rid of the flotsam we encounter on a daily basis.

 

[Grand Mal]

Amsterdam unveils canal bubble barrier to keep plastic out of sea | World news | The Guardian

Amsterdam unveils canal bubble barrier to keep plastic out of sea
Invention to block waste, but not boats or wildlife, arrives in Dutch city’s famous waterways

The world’s first rubbish barrier made entirely from bubbles has been unveiled in Amsterdam in an attempt to catch waste in the city’s canals before it reaches the North Sea.

A Dutch start-up, the Amsterdam municipality and the regional water board launched the Great Bubble Barrier, a simple device that channels rubbish – especially small pieces of plastic – to the side of the Westerdok canal where it can be retrieved. Tests have shown it can divert more than 80% of flotsam.
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One of my favorite cities but now overrun by tourists.

I wish we had similar devices to get rid of the flotsam we encounter on a daily basis.

Very cool.
When I was much younger I worked in a mine on an island in a northern lake. We were taken to work by barge in a channel that was kept open through the winter by a bubble system just underwater. This is a really creative innovation. It's something I could get behind my tax bucks being used for.

 

[KevinKohler]

Or, you know...people could, like, throw their trash in the garbage. Radical, I know.

 

[Mr Person]

Or, you know...people could, like, throw their trash in the garbage. Radical, I know.

They don't, so things like this are necessary. Duh.





What an irritatingly stupid comment.

 

[KevinKohler]

They don't, so things like this are necessary. Duh.





What an irritatingly stupid comment.

Not nearly as irritatingly stupid as our apparent inability to throw our trash away properly.