Solar-powered barge a key ‘interceptor’ for plastic waste

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Scooping waste from a Malaysian river to stop it reaching the sea, a solar-powered barge named the “Interceptor” is the latest weapon in a global battle to rid the world’s waters of plastic. | AFP

The 24-meter-long vessel resembles a large houseboat and uses a curved barrier to catch waste floating downstream.

“The Klang river was like a floating landfill,” said Syaiful Azmen Nordin, managing director of the Malaysian firm. The Klang river alone sends more than 15,000 tons annually into the sea, a map on their website shows, making it one of the 50 most-polluting rivers across the globe. As well as the barge in Malaysia, one has been stationed in Jakarta, the overcrowded capital of neighbouring Indonesia, while two others will be sent to Vietnam and the Dominican Republic.

 

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