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By Shivan Sarna  with AP  •  Published by Euronews.green The WasteShark by RanMarine is designed to remove floating pollution such as plastics, algae and biomass from lakes, ponds, waterways and harbours.  Millions of tonnes of plastic wind up in the ocean every year, killing plants and animals. That’s why companies around the world have developed novel devices to […]

Solutions for the seas. In 2021, the Earth’s oceans reached their hottest, most acidic, and highest sea levels on record. Luckily, many companies and organizations are creating innovative technologies to save our oceans. Planetary Technologies’ Ocean-Based Carbon Removal Planetary Technologies is the first climate technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere by using direct ocean capture. Planetary’s […]

From now on, five sailing drones will be used to fish plastic waste from the port of Lauwersoog. Initiators GPBO and Ran Marine have received a subsidy of almost one million for the Wadden Fund project. Drones have to clean up plastic in Lauwerseach harbor: The plastic waste that is collected is given a new destination. […]

As a child growing up in the Florida Keys I can remember swimming in our canal and discovering the wildlife surrounding me. Triggerfish, seahorses, needlefish, horseshoe crabs, jellyfish, barracuda, you name it. In the canal walls, we would spot lobster and an occasional octopus. It was a great introduction to ocean life. When we moved […]

An innovator, realising the inefficiency of cleaning Cape Town’s waterways using boats and nets, invented a zero-emissions product to combat pollution. A look at the state of South African waterways and the inefficient ways in which the bodies were being cleaned led innovator Richard Hardiman to create a sustainable and effective way of removing litter […]

source:PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL – Experts from industry and academia are working together to enhance the technology behind the waste robots Remote operated ‘waste sharks’ that collect rubbish from the surface of water are being trialled off south Devon. The robots have been introduced as part of a Preventing Plastic Pollution project and are being trialled […]

Solutions to the global water pollution crisis gather steam Bubble walls, robotic sharks and sunglasses made from sea plastic. These are just some of the inventive solutions being advanced to stem the deluge of plastic spewing into the world’s waterways. With marine habitats at the brink of collapse and micro-plastics devastating food chains and threatening […]

With boats featuring more electronic content than ever and technology playing an ever-growing role in manufacturing, it is no surprise that more and more companies in the leisure marine industry participate in the Consumer Electronics Show each year. In this series,  IBI Correspondent Craig Ritchie highlights marine sector technology on exhibit at CES and other high-tech advances […]

RanMarine‘s latest project, the Waste Shark, is working to clean up waterways.  Founder and CEO Richard Hardiman talks to Las Vegas Morning Blend about their first time at CES. See interview on  link Interview: “Every year eight million tons of toxic plastic leak into our oceans, while Ranmarine Technology, a dutch start-up, has come up […]

Mr Trash Wheel scooping up debris in Baltimore harbour. More than 17 tonnes have been collected in a day. Photograph: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images From ‘bubble barriers’ to floating drones, a host of new projects aim to stop plastic pollution before it ever reaches the ocean The Great Bubble Barrier is just that – a wall of bubbles. […]