About 20 rivers contribute most of the plastic waste and litter in general to the seas. With dam projects, tidal power plants and budgets in the billions, it should be easy to separate these 9 rivers from the garbage and dispose of the garbage. Our engineers plan hydraulic sluices, which separate the rubbish and remove it from the water cycle - while at the same time ensuring ship traffic.

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Only 0.5% of all plastic in the oceans is on the surface. Most of them on inaccessible coasts, depths of up to 300 meters and in the blue of the oceans...

In Goa we use both classic, available technology - such as our ROVs and drones - to the state-of-the-art hybrid drone from Nautilus 2.0

coastal areas

In the area of coastal areas and estuaries, it is all about pragmatic solutions, which can recover the largest possible volume of plastic, garbage and rubbish in a short time.

For example, it makes no sense for robots to be used first and foremost in regions such as Africa, Far East Asia and Latin America if the many unemployed people in these countries can be given new job prospects as an alternative. Ideally, thousands can be helped to earn an income in this way. For inaccessible areas, special ships and networks are still required, which can then also be controlled remotely or, similar to our underwater vehicles, operated autonomously with AI.

Various barriers with nets, which can be moved hydraulically so as not to impede navigation, will be necessary for the river mouths.

Einbeziehung der Einheimischen Bevölkerung

We are committed to ensuring that carelessly discarded bottles in countries such as Africa, Latin America and Asia are given a deposit, even if it is just a tenth of a cent. This could generate income for thousands of families - and millions of plastic bottles would no longer end up in the sea. The prerequisite for this, however, is the removal and recycling of the plastic by public authorities.

Luftboote

Whether airboat, hovercraft or river boat - you need special equipment almost everywhere. In most cases we try to work with what the region offers us. Otherwise the logistics would be too complex. However, our small drones, ROVs and in the future our beach buggy, which we will build in different sizes, are always with us.

Dried up river beds

Unfortunately, more and more often we observe dried-up riverbeds, which only bring all the garbage to the surface. In principle, that would be easier to find - but unfortunately the ground there is very soft and covered with a lot of mud. Here often only heavy equipment helps, which is usually not available. Old tractors are best to find. A suitable attachment such as a harrow or a plow, which are specially made for such applications, is important here.

Inaccessible river banks

Our nets for fishing plastic and garbage are so scalable that they are also suitable for shallow rivers. For dangerous sections we use remote controlled drones which can do the same work.

rivers

There are already many initiatives to clean up rivers. Some solutions are good - but unfortunately others also damage the underwater flora and fauna. We would like to help here and develop complex, hydraulic flow barriers with our engineers, which open or lower depending on the current or the shipping traffic. (Image source: Die WELT)