Plastic 'interceptor' tackles trash in Bangkok river
The Ocean Cleanup project launched on the Chao Phraya river, its so-called "interceptor" -- a boat-like structure trailing a floating barrier -- using the river current to funnel plastic into the barge's waiting jaws. The global non-profit, founded in 2013 by then-teenager Boyan Slat, aims to remove plastic pollution from the seas in part by preventing synthetic waste from ever reaching the oceans. "The Chao Prayo is actually the largest, the single largest source, of plastic pollution for the Gulf of Thailand," Slat told AFP. Читать дальше...