A Floating litter trap located in Thailand that uses a bypass flap to leverage water flow and pressure to capture and trap floating litter. It has a 2-way entrance system using natural water current and pressure to help collect trash floating on the water surface and prevent it from leaking by tidal movement.
Tyre wear is a microplastic pollutant and accounts for up to 50% of air particulate emissions (PM) from road transport. Tyres wear out from friction every time we brake, accelerate or turn a corner.
The Tyre Collective developed a device that captures particles as they tear off the tire. It is positioned close to where the tyre meets the road, capturing the pollutants at the source. These fragments are reused, where possible, in new tyre walls or other applications.
During ‘open’ sandblasting of painted metal, enormous quantities of microplastics are created that end up in the environment, and in the case of the offshore, directly in the marine environment. Pinovo has developed an ingenious closed system that sucks up these microscopic paint particles during the blasting process.
The Gum-Wall is an efficient way to dispose of chewing gum without disturbing others. Due to the colourful appearance and funny pictures on the “printing paper” on the Gum-Wall, chewers are stimulated to stick their chewed gum on the Gum-Wall.
Gumbuddy is a company trying to reduce chewing gum and cigarette waste. They do so by placing Gumbuddies, a sort of trashcan developed especially for gum and cigarettes. It’s their aim to recycle gum and give it a new life.
Sim Con Drill is developing a cyclone filter, which captures plastic microfibers, and is to be used on a mass scale. It is intented for the cleaning of wastewater from small plastic microfibers.
Japanese scientists have developed a method to capture mircoplastics in water by means of sound waves. The acoustic effect makes it possible to filter very small plastics, which has been nearly impossible until now.
Alfa Laval uses membrane bioreactor technolgly to make hollow plates which are used as filters to process industrial and municipal wastewater. In the process it removes dirt and microplastics.
Planet Care has developed internal, external and industrial filters that are suitable for all kinds of washing machines and different washing frequencies. They ensure that microplastics from clothing do not enter the drainage system. Up to 90% of the released fibres can be captured by the filter.
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The Xeros xFiltra filter prevents plastic clothing fibres from entering the drainage water from the washing machine. The system runs the remaining fibres dry so they can easily be removed.
