The Interceptor
The Ocean Cleanup’s answer for river plastic waste. It is the first scalable solution to prevent plastic from entering the world’s oceans from rivers.
Hosted byThis project is now archived and was part of DDW20
This project is part of
Dutch Design Awards 2020
→
Dutch Design Awards 2020
Release of The Interceptor
Fabrique
The Interceptor operates on 100 percent solar energy, autonomously extracts plastic and can operate in most of the world's most polluting rivers.
The goal is closing the tap. The Ocean Cleanup found out through research that if you can implement 1000 machines you can catch 80 percent of the plastic that enters the ocean. The debris enters the Interceptor with the natural current of the river. All
The system indicates when the containers are full.
Fabrique
Placement of Interceptor
The Ocean Cleanup
Interceptor Dominican Republic
The Ocean Cleanup
Conveyor belt in the Interceptor
