(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCO-SWISS SKIPPER AND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NGO “THE SEACLEANERS”, YVAN BOURGNON, SAYING: ” With three or four hundred of these boats you could collect a third of the world’s pollution. ”
This boat recycles marine garbage on board
In 2024, it can become a functional prototype
and help clean up debris that pollutes the world’s seas
(SOUNDBITE) (French) FRANCO-SWISS SKIPPER AND FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE NGO “THE SEACLEANERS”, YVAN BOURGNON, WHO SAYS: “The Manta is a 56-meter-long sea giant that can collect in a 46-meter width and which weighs close to 2 thousand tons. It will be able to implant 250 days a year to collect five to ten thousand tons of plastic a year, that is between one and two tons of waste every hour so those numbers are too many. a hundred of these boats you could collect a third of the world’s pollution. It is not enough, but it is by multiplying these types of initiatives, smaller boats and other solutions, that we will be able to eradicate part of the problem. “
It is also 70% self-sufficient in terms of energy
The melted plastic on board produces gas
that drives a turbine and generates electricity
Video transcription
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Manta is a 56-meter-long marine giant that can collect 46 meters in width and weighs around 2000 tons. You will be able to deploy 250 days a year to collect 5,000 to 10,000 tons of plastic a year. This represents between one and two tons of garbage every hour, so these numbers are quite significant. With 300 or 400 of these boats, you could collect a third of the world’s pollution. It is not enough, but it is by multiplying these types of initiatives – smaller boats and other solutions – that we will be able to eradicate part of the problem.
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