Trash Traps: An Australian Town's Genius Idea

In the year 2018, the city of Kwinana, Australia became internationally famous for its successful efforts to reduce plastic pollution and floating trash in local water resources. The solution implemented by the city is simple and innovative. The city installed two nets (or trash traps) on the outlets of two drainage pipes located between residential and natural areas. The cost of the nets, including manufacture, installation and civil work, was $20,000 for the city.

The project proved to be extremely successful, collecting 370kg of waste within four months. Once the nets became full, they were picked up with a crane and the waste was sorted and recycled. More importantly, the nets do not pose a threat to local wildlife. The city's post about their environmental project went viral on Facebook in 48 hours getting over 27k shares, 92k likes and 13k loves from people all over the world.

Source: boredpanda

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