We extracted 953 truckloads of trash in the Rio Las Vacas, Guatemala this year; below you can see what the river looks like before and after operations. Interceptor 006 is located in the Rio Las Vacas, around 16 km north of Guatemala City. The Rio Las Vacas is a tributary of the Rio Motagua – one of Guatemala’s main waterways and a significant contributor to plastic emissions into the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. Watch a timelapse of one month of Interceptor 006 operations here: https://lnkd.in/gvVWkgDZ
Just hope that, after such an amazing work, the local population has learnt that the river is not their garbage bin.
My economically beneficial consumerism comes with environmentally unwanted plastic that ironically ia deigned to minimize waste and loss. I hope someone smarter and more influential than me designs a mechanism that protects consumerism without silly waste. Here is a simple example. I can’t buy bananas now without throwing out a plastic tape band designed to ensure I buy a minimal amount. Multiply that times a million people………..that’s a lot of plastic tape.
Indeed an impressive effort! Extracting 953 truckloads of trash from the Rio Las Vacas is a monumental achievement. It's incredible to see the positive impact on the river, both before and after the operations. At Biosable, we share your commitment to tackling plastic pollution at its source. Together, we can create cleaner, healthier waterways and protect our precious marine ecosystems. Great work, and let's keep pushing forward in this important mission!
Je suis admiratif du travail effectué par The Ocean Cleanup...mais je me demande à chaque fois comment ces tonnes de déchets plastiques arrivent dans les rivières puis dans les océans...quand arrêterons nous cette sur-production mortifère de déchets plastiques jetables ?!
It‘s all about education. Education at early years could help a lot to prevent in the first place.
Great work! We’ll keep working upstream in Guatemala to help prevent this waste from getting in the river in the first place.
I hope that the residents will see this. Maybe it is possible to install those nets closer to the cities so that people can actually what their actions lead to. Thanks for all the great work you do for the ocean and wildlife, the nature and therefore also for people!
They are doing a great job!
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2moLove it! But will it keep happening … what is being done upstream to prevent / stop trash from going into the river?