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Gewert, B., Ogonowski, M., Barth, A., & MacLeod, M. (2017, May 18). Abundance and composition of near surface microplastics and plastic debris in the Stockholm Archipelago, Baltic Sea. Retrieved from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025326X17303739 This article focuses on how the manta trawl, an ocean cleaning device, helps in ocean cleansing through filtering debris present through a fine-mesh net.It is being towed by a boat in the ocean to capture floating plastic on the water's surface. The rectangular opening of the manta trawl is measured at 61 by 16 cm and connected to a 4 m long net with a standard mesh size of 335 μm and 30 by 10 cm2 collecting bag. With the manta trawl towed behind the vessel, 21 plastic debris samples were collected. This gave the two outdoor explorers who wanted to create consciousness regarding plastic waste in the Baltic Sea four additional plastic samples. This allowed them to utilize modified trawls that were pulled behin...

Enhancement of the Mobility of the Seabin Project by Integrating a Sea Drone Executive Summary  This report is written in response to a letter of authorization dated xxxxxx, and aims to convince the Seabin Project Team that the proposed adaptations are of utmost importance in enhancing the mobility features and adopting a hydroelectric generator for the AI_Whirlpool. The Seabin has been able to provide practical and tangible solutions to reduce plastics in our ports and marinas, which is one of the world-level problems. However, The Seabin functions as a stationary machine that does not have a self-sufficient power supply as it draws its power from a 6m cable. This report discusses Seabin V5, which acts as a floating garbage bin that skims the surface of the water to collect floating, debris, macro and micro plastics and even micro fibres with an additional filter. This report also captures the possible areas of improvements based on the combinations of different concepts as...