TWO Western Australian entrepeneurs have attracted worldwide attention after inventing a unique “floating rubbish bin” which literally sucks plastic and other garbage out of the ocean.
Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski have created a commercial version of their Seabin after a successful crowd-funding campaign, with Perth’s City of Cockburn the first WA council to buy one.
The Perth Seabin, which has been installed at the Port Coogee Marina, is emptied daily and the rubbish is analysed, with the ABC reporting it recently collected 3kg of jetsam in just 24 hours.
It’s also been sold as far afield as New Zealand and Northern Ireland.
A video showcasing the innovative solution is online at cruiseweekly.com.au/videos.
