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Innovative Dutch Bubble Barrier Catches 86 Percent of Plastic Before It Reaches the Ocean

Photo: Naja Bertolt Jensen / Unsplash
By running a perforated, air-pumped tube across riverbeds, a Dutch company has created an elegant underwater curtain that successfully redirects plastic waste. This ingenious technology stops trash at the river stage, preventing it from ever entering and polluting our global oceans.
By running a perforated, air-pumped tube across riverbeds, a Dutch company has created an elegant underwater curtain that successfully redirects plastic waste. This ingenious technology stops trash at the river stage, preventing it from ever entering and polluting our global oceans.