CHENNAI: As part of the Rs1,675 crore-worth Tamil Nadu Coastal Restoration Mission for 14 coastal districts, including Chennai, the state environment department plans to clean plastic trash in rivers using interceptors developed by a Netherlands-based organisation called The Ocean Cleanup.
The plastic trash interceptor consists of two booms- one in upstream and one in downstream.The upstream boom takes majority of pressure and plastics. The downstream boom captures the mixed plastics due to pressure build-up and causes rapid accumulation of trash during extreme floods. Excavators will then collect the accumulated plastic and transported to the shore for disposal and recycling.
The state environment secretary Supriya Sahu said in a social media statement: “Plastic trash interceptor could be a very effective intervention to We will work on several initiatives like plastic trash interceptors to prevent plastic pollution.”
The plastic trash interceptor consists of two booms- one in upstream and one in downstream.The upstream boom takes majority of pressure and plastics. The downstream boom captures the mixed plastics due to pressure build-up and causes rapid accumulation of trash during extreme floods. Excavators will then collect the accumulated plastic and transported to the shore for disposal and recycling.
The state environment secretary Supriya Sahu said in a social media statement: “Plastic trash interceptor could be a very effective intervention to We will work on several initiatives like plastic trash interceptors to prevent plastic pollution.”