Explaining the Interceptor | Cleaning Rivers | The Ocean Cleanup
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- Опубликовано: 25 окт 2019
- The Ocean Cleanup develops technology to rid the world's oceans of plastic. To do so, we need to not only clean up the plastic that is currently there, but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean via rivers. Subscribe to our channel: bit.ly/371k8sN
In order to clean the world's 1000 most polluting rivers, we build the Interceptor™. And here's how it works.
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To rid the oceans of plastic, we need to not only clean up what is already out there, but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean: we need to close the tap.
Rivers are the main source of ocean plastic pollution. They are the arteries that carry waste from land to the ocean. Our research found that 1000 rivers are responsible for roughly 80% of the pollution.
Working together with government leaders and private corporations, our goal is to tackle these 1000 most polluting rivers, all over the world, by 2025. How? By deploying Interceptors.
The Interceptor is 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.
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Hope this will be a moment noted in history for its success.🙏🏼
Thomas Ahn it will.
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Please put this project in India espically in ganga river
You need a fleet of these there.
@@NeutronX101 we only need one for ganga , current river where interceptor is placed is much more dirty
Isnt it a holy river
@@liiasjoona3144 holy for people but not for corporation , industrial waste and drainage also open in ganga but government is now changing it by making waste and water treatment plant but its gonna take atleast 2025 to it become fully clean
@@chiraggupta1186 lol please the majority Indian people near it use it for a toilet... can't be that holy for them.
The project has been launched in Vietnam. Hope this would help.. all the best
I'm curious. Any results after 1 year has passed?
Amazing concept. Intercepting the problem before it gets to the ocean is an awesome strategy but letting the waste come to the solution organically, now that’s ingenious. Getting things done ✅
To clean up the symptoms with interceptors is a fantastic step!!!
I hope that humanity will continue to plan to change the human behaviour that is causing the pollution: to make cultural changes, changes in the individual mindset, as well as continue to facilitate the world's poorest people to get themselves out of poverty.
To make the poorest people in the world care about recycling when they spend every waking second surviving, isn't gonna happen. You and I wouldn't waste a second on considering recycling when we need that time to fill our stomachs or those of our children.
long-term I suggest: clean up the water by cleaning up people's mindsets: the happier the person, the less material stuff they feel like buying and owning. The happier the parent, the happier the child.
A healthy future can only be based on a healthy mind: hip hip hurray for planet-wide psychological healing!🥳
This isn't really a problem of people in poor countries not caring about pollution.
I live in London and our river (The Thames) used to be full with so much poop, that the people in the Parliament in Westminster finally got fed up, during The Great Stink, and authorised construction of a revolutionary sewage system. (We also used to have a ton of airborne pollution, from companies burning tons of coal in our cities.)
Over here we pat ourselves on the backs, for "doing something about pollution" but it's actually been revealed that UK councils have been exporting plastic waste to processing centres in developing countries. And some of the plastic waste in the oceans is stuff that British people thought they were recycling.
And, we got rid of a lot of our dirty industry not by cleaning that technology up, but by exporting manufacturing to poorer countries that did not have laws about environmental protection.
The plastics industry is a fairly recent development and plastic goods are exported to many countries that have never had plastic recycling facilities. When plastics were first developed, there was no plan to recycle them. Just a plan to turn more oil into new plastic. And some of the small towns in developing countries have gone from having rural communities, with no power or water supply to communities dealing with 20th century non-compostable rubbish, and no actual way to deal with it.
Ultimately a Coca Cola bottle that gets into the Ocean from London, New York, Paris or a small village in the Philippines is still an object mass produced by one of the biggest multinationals in the world and the bulk of the profits of the sale of that bottle will be going to rich nations that are not taking ownership of the problems their multinationals create outside of their own borders.
Everyone has to work together to solve this. Finger pointing does not work.
The Interceptors are a really cool way to "shut off the tap" in those rivers, but we need to follow that up with masses of foreign aid, to help the poorest countries build sewers and sewage treatment plants and get the infrastructure in that will allow rubbish collection. And we need to find ways to do it with as little environmental impact as possible.
With Ocean Cleanup being able to create floating garbage skips, for the Interceptor, perhaps they will later be able to help design a modular system of floating garbage skips that a rubbish harvesting boat can visit. If that could be done to solve the issue for sites close to the Interceptor, they might be able to undock the Interceptor, tow it up stream and chase the problem up river.
Ideally, with more help for local people, it will be possible to totally clean one of the rivers in the 1000 rivers that The Ocean Cleanup is targeting, render the local Interceptor obsolete and then take it away, so that it can be redeployed on one of the next 1000 rivers.
am so glad great minds still exist.
That song brings me back. Good job guys, I wish I was smart enough to work with your team.
Wow, awesome initiative, really good! Good job Ocean cleanup!
This project is amazing.
I admire you and your work. Keep doing it!
we need this in Philippines ❤️
First. Hehe. Brilliant work to the ocean cleanup crew. This seems like a project that really will work and its brilliant to hear that the first three units have already been implemented on some of the dirtiest rivers in the world. It would be brilliant to have a couple of these along the Thames river as well. Look forward to seeing full implementation in the future. Here’s to the next 5 years.👍🏼
Imagine the British getting their act together enough to do that! Now THAT is sci fi! They're too busy buggering babies in Whitehall to think about anything as noble as saving the planet.
This is one of the best ideas I’ve seen!
Thank you. Now let's get started!
This is totally awesome, thank you for doing all that you do!!! We need to ban plastic world wide. New eco-friendly recipes exist. We need to switch and start using them!
Great stuff thanks for all your hard work
This is an incredible idea, good luck to the engineering and implementation team. I want to put one on my home river the Fraser River in British Columbia
A beautiful machine, we wish you and your team the best! 🌎
THANK YOU!!!
Simply brilliant
Thank you for your mission!!! #cleanocean
Yes! I always wondered why I didn't hear from a plan from you guys to tackle plastic closer to its source
If the amount of rubbish is measured, these could also serve to put pressure on local lawmakers
Ocean Cleanup has been dismissing public feedback about tackling plastic at the source for years... all while working on it? Curious.
thank you very much The Ocean Cleanup and God bless you
Thanks for cleaning up Asia's mess guys, we're proud of you and support you 👌 👍 💖
Asia isn't the only place that has polluted waters.
Thanks for your support! However, we are not only planning on tackling Asia but rivers globally. Check out the list here: www.theoceancleanup.com/sources
@@theoceancleanup Oh snap the delaware is the worst in the us. Didnt know
we all contribute to this. Not only Asia. Wealthy western countries generate plastic waste and Just dump them on poor asian countries. No one can play innocent on trash crisis!
Satisfying! 🙌🏻
OMG! This is fantastic!!! Thank you!!!👍☮️❤️🌈
Nice machine. We all love clean beaches.
This machine can make our beaches clean. A good way to make money and to improve the wealth around the beach regions !
@epSos.de I recognise your comment. It comes out of the jaded, misanthropic, pessimistic mindset I know so well. You're depressed. May I suggest meditating every day, not expecting any result? And in the meantime refraining from publicly commenting on anything as to not spread your mindset?
Enlightenment is not a myth by the way. Take that path. Check out any video by Rupert Spira, Eckhart Tolle, Gangaji, Mooji. You'll never look back.
thank you. thank you. thank you🙏
thanks for hard work .
very cool. thanks for your hard work
Wat een geweldig project!
Hats off for boyan slat and his team
What is the down time for emptying the bins? Does the barge get swapped like a roll off dumpster where an empty barge comes out and a full one is take back to be swapped back on the next trip? When operating under solar power what is it's duty cycle? Does it run 24/7 or have to cycle on and off?
"GO OCEAN CLEANUP 2024" "AWESOME JOB" ! ,😊
Many thanks! The Interceptor 😀😍🙏🙏🙏 Aha, Tonight, I seemed to Enjoyed to listen to the country music 😁😄😅😊😇🤭(and until to fell asleep as usual) 🙃☺️🤗
Respect!
Do you know the startup costs of an interceptor and the maintenance costs per unit? Are units available in different sizes? Perhaps some of us could fund a small unit for a local river? If you have the figures, please publish them. Thanks.
Brilliant technology..
Traveling upstream to stop the trash from getting in the river in the first place is the ultimate solution. 👍🏻
This is great!
This makes the angels in Heaven cheer with joy!!🎉❤😀👍
Hope people appreciate this. Areas ought to be billed for, or somehow contribute to the cost for the debris that is picked up as well.
The plan is to make money off the debris by recycling the plastics into products that can be sold on the market
this, ladies and gentleman, is a very clever and sustainable
You have experience with the durability of high tech equipment in Third World settings?
Hope it would reach the 🇵🇭
good idea!
Amazing
I hope everthing will go fine! Its a worldchangeing Boat!👍
Can u please make an updated video on the new types of interceptor, which r supposedly cheaper to build and also have increased capacity? Like the 007 class
I really like that's idea is amazing
Hope every country have this
All Jakarta rivers needs this
Great!!!!
If u r aiming to target 1000 rivers then I suppose scaling up is very important. What improvements r u planning to make upon the design to make its production more streamlined? How r u planning to lower the manufacturing and operating costs?
I love what you're doing, and you're probably getting something like 90% of plastics out of the ocean but what is the solution for non surface level plastics and microplastics?
One step at a time dear
Thanks for your support! Lets break your question into two parts:
1) Non-surface level plastics - Our research shows the majority of plastic lies closer to the surface. Check out the details here: theoceancleanup.com/milestones/vertical-distribution-research/
2) Microplastics - The Interceptor can currently collect plastic pieces as small as bottle caps and straws.however we won't stop there! We working hard to optimize the barrier and extraction to be able to capture smaller plastics.
The remaining could be through educating humans living in coastal cities.
fantastic
this is such a good idea
Such a cool idea. Arise Sir Boyan Slat.
thanks you
Das ist cool.👍
Be cool if they use the recycle plastics to make industrial grade pipes. There big simple to make and always in demand.
Nice 👍🏼 MARE NOSTRUM
awesome
Awesome
I’m wondering if an alternative design had been considered for the diversion of recovered plastics into the several bins? The shuttle conveyor seems more batch processing rather than using a continuous conveyor with staged diverters to direct the flow to each bin. You do have the advantage with your current design to use the shuttle as an additional staging storage.
That's exactly what it is used for. The shuttle allows us to distribute the collected waste evenly between containers based on weight as if we did not take this step, it would tip. Does this answer your question?
How does it float?
The Baltimore Harbor Trash Wheel has been doing this successfully and more economically for several years now, and at a lower tech level. How reliable is high tech in some of those 3rd world countries where OC proposes to install their Interceptor? What about interference with navigation? The greatest flow of debris would likely be in the fastest current, which is the deepest channel, which is where boats often need to go.
What about fish and other marine life?
Amazing work. Well, definitely ocean-cleanup could run some programs to educate humans living in coastal cities (particularly neat estuaries). More education, less rubbish disposed everywhere.
Wherever we deploy an Interceptor, we work with local stakeholders to improve wate management and education in the area. More info here: theoceancleanup.com/updates/what-happens-to-the-extracted-river-waste/
@@theoceancleanup That is indeed a good thing to run alongside. Being very blunt with you guys, I suspect your work seems more plausible when applied to the major sources of the problem (i.e. rivers sourcing tons of plastic into the coastal waters and then oceans). I am aware that you are also collecting plastic floating in the oceans, but the effort/return in the oceans may in disadvantage when compared to your method in the rivers.
Have you assessed the investment and return when comparing both approaches (euros/ton of plastic removed)? I mean the extraction from the rivers VERSUS the extraction from the oceans???? I believe you might have already some results about it, but I could not find it. Well, clearly some rivers may source more rubbish than others, and some parts of the ocean may have a more complex operation than others, but an idea about investment return you may already have.
Note: It would be amazing to see one of those under the Ponte Pensil bridge in Sao Vicente (SP-Brazil), because you have no idea how much floating stuff come out from the estuaries and then many dumps everywhere along the beaches in Santos and Sao Vicente.
Great idea, I hope to see this implemented soon! Would birds be able to escape if they were somehow caught on the conveyer?
it's an open air conveyor belt, so yeah probably
3 interceptors are already doing the job , in Indonesia , Malaysia and Vietnam. Number 4 will soon be in Dominican Republic
Number 4 will be in la county I saw...
@@carolas. I know there will be one in LA too , soon , that must be number 5 then . Boyan Slat himself said number 4 is going to the Dominican Republic
Thanks so much for your kind words. Ensuring we do not harm the surrounding environment is very important to us. We commissioned third-party environmental impact assessments (EIA) with Royal Haskoning, Arcadis, and Witteveen en Bos for where the Interceptors have been placed. The EIA results concluded that in all locations where an Interceptor™ is deployed, the negative impacts on the environment are negligible. For each deployment, we will conduct additional EIAs, which will be available upon request.
Where does the plastic goes during the time interseptor is detached and taken to the local plastic collecting point and brought back to reattach...
Maybe this question is below but..:
So there are proper recycling plants in these areas where the “trash” goes? I guess that and the “proper” landfill?
I would like to see the interceptor working in São Paulo - Brazil.
what happens with the incoming plastic during emptying? Will there be a second interceptor behind it?
Its large storage capacity allows for efficient emptying cycles. The Interceptor can work autonomously until it’s full and can continue extracting debris even when the dumpsters are being emptied.
But I have a question let's say that the machines for example (The interceptor or the Ocean cleanup System) will get full with litter and the machine needs to get empty won't that take time and the more time we take the more time litter will increase into the ocean. How can this be solved
Once the containers on the Interceptor are nearly full, an automatic signal goes out to the owner/operators, who will then come to collect the barges and empty them. While the containers are being emptied, the conveyor continues to collect and hold the waste until the empty containers are returned to the barge. Furthermore, regarding the ocean system, as we plan to scale up to 60 systems, when one system is full or is being emptied, the operation of the other systems will continue.
Are there any plans to tackle the plastic that is already in the ocean? especially fishing nets
Hi Brian! Cleaning up the ocean is very important to us as well. You can find more information on the system we designed to do that here: theoceancleanup.com/oceans/.
You can always reach out to us if you have any further questions!
Sounds good but you need generators to cover for the missing solar energy.
This video is two years old.. Do you have an actual track record using the Interceptor that you could share?
Many needed here as well in pakistan.
How does the interceptor remain fixed in the middle of the river? Is it anchored?
It is indeed anchored. You can learn more about it here: theoceancleanup.com/rivers/
Each one can intercept 100,000kg a DAY? Wow!
Go donate people!
Thanks so much for your support. To make a donation, check out our Support page: theoceancleanup.com/donate/
It is susses full
Doesn't the Interceptor catch lives like fish in the river ?
It's important because fish have no chance to escape the system once they are extracted from the water.
I remember that this is also a challenge in the ocean system, and the problem will be more severe, since animals can escape the ocean system more easily - at least they are still in the water
It's not 100% clear from the video, but I suppose the conveyor belt as well as the guiding rails do not go very deep into the water, effectively only catching what floats on top of the river. If that were the case, fish shouldn't have big problems. I don't know about ducks though..
@@Demonblade36 ducks can fly!
@@mouthfulaharo of course, but they might be too dumb to realise what's happening
If I were a fish, I probably wouldn't want to hang around the debris - too crowded.
Thank you for sharing your concern. Ensuring we do not harm the surrounding environment is of utmost importance. We commissioned third-party environmental impact assessments (EIA) with Royal Haskoning, Arcadis, and Witteveen en Bos for where the Interceptors have been placed. The EIA results concluded that in all locations where an Interceptor™ is deployed, the negative impacts on the environment are negligible. For each deployment, we will conduct additional EIAs, which will be available upon request.
Excuse me well first off great idea ocean cleanup crew but can I ask you a question will fish be affected by this
Most probably not. Unless it's dead fish floating on the surface.
Ensuring we do not harm river life is a major priority. Our third-party environmental impact assessments indicated that our systems pose no significant risks to the environment. Rather we are removing waste that pollutes the animals’ environment.
how the interceptor can clasiffy plastic/trash and fish?
The Interceptor does not capture fish. The barrier hangs only a few feet below water level, and operates with the river current - there is no "pull" into the machine itself. Fish and other river animals simply swim under and around it.
Do the blue containers are suficient to 50.000 kg to 100.000 kg per day? The sms that the system´s sends is only when the system is full or a little earlier? Because it can waste precious time until the operators send a boat to take and put back the containers...
The idea off the system is great but in some highly poluted rivers may need a diferent system to send the waste to land? Let´s say the same system that takes the waste from the river?
Great question - the Interceptor is able to extract 50,000kg of waste per day. It is designed to be deployed in the world’s most polluted rivers. However, each river is different. The actual amount removed per river will vary depending on local conditions such as elevation, slope, annual rainfall, etc. We also recognize that each river is unique and our measures may need to be adapted to fit a specific river such as installing a double barrier to ensure the plastic flows in a way we can catch the majority. Learn more here: www.theoceancleanup.com/rivers.
The message to operators is sent when the 80% capacity of containers is filled, however, the operators can adjust this level to their needs.
And when the dumpsters are full, the interceptor does not collect the garbage anymore? Won't plastic still go into the ocean? (i'm still saying its an amzing idea, don't get me wrong but this is a flaw i have identified).
When the barges are almost full, an automatic signal is sent to the local operators to retrieve the barges. While the barges are out, the conveyor belt continues to collect and temporarily hold the waste until the barges have been replaced. Learn more here: theoceancleanup.com/rivers/
Please take a project for Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Hello, can we use this video in a documentary dedicated to green technology ? Thanks !
Please reach out to us via the contact page with your question: theoceancleanup.com/contact/. We will answer your question as soon as possible.
@@theoceancleanup Thank you already sent a message three weeks ago but no response, will try again thanks !
How does it effect marine life?
How does a boat effect marine life ? An interceptor is a boat who scoops out plastic . In time marine life will benefit a lot , don't you think ?
BeingJohnMalkowitz But does is scoops out marine life. That’s my question.
Its pretty safe for fish and animals under the water. The only things that it will interupt is floating insects that live on top of water. Since the boat is cleaning the river the habitat should improve for the insects so overall impact is minimal.
Fuck off with these bullshit questions
@@diemc7a1 No, sorry, you cannot fish with these. LOL
They put one in Malaysia...
There is a huge cleaning vessel it's the island of Puerto Rico
😎 cool
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What about the plastic that has sunken?
go dive and pick it up
This is amazing! One question, is there a system in place for preventing aquatic life from getting into the containeras?
Good question! Each placement of the Interceptor is in a location where it is expected to have the least environmental impact. The barrier extends only a few feet below the surface, and does not completely block the river, so fish and other aquatic creatures can safely swim under or around them. Furthermore, we conduct independent third-party environmental impact assessments with each location.
@@theoceancleanup how deep exactly is it? 5 feet?
Interesting question! You can see the specs on the Interceptor here: assets.theoceancleanup.com/app/uploads/2019/10/191021_Interceptor-Spec-Sheet.pdf
How are you gonna tackle the problem of Maintenance? Sure a country buys it, but it will only work with proper maintenance, which in most countries where this system is needed is gonna be neglected..
Hi there, The Interceptor is built like a tank and designed to last twenty years; it is designed to survive in the most difficult rivers. The manufacturer will provide a maintenance manual, so with normal maintenance, the Interceptors™ should hold up well. That said, we know anything is possible, so working together with local operators we will address any issues as they arise and find the safest, swiftest, and most effective solution to fix a malfunction.
Maintenance of high tech (or even medium tech) equipment in Third Word countries has been a thorny issue for many decades. Beware of platitudes. There is no easy answer.
Imagine if the three billionaire, man-children decided that, if instead of playing with rockets (what is the fascination with large phallic objects anyway!?), that they would, instead, compete with each other to see who can help out the planet's environment more, like, who can remove more trash from the oceans, or who can plant more trees, or who can help bring more animal species away from the brink of extinction?
bro this is actually doing something other than greta funkillerburg
Common ocean cleaner W