Cleaning up our oceans is a very important subject for me. So when I come across projects and people that have that same goal in mind, I will help out and spread the word. Today I ran across an amazing invention that could help clean our oceans quickly. I introduce to you guys the Seabin Project by these two awesome guys, Andrew Turton & Pete Ceglinski. The Seabin is an automated trash bin that catches floating trash as it floats by. 

"The Seabin is situated at the waters surface and is plumbed into a shore based water pump on the dock. The water gets sucked into the Seabin bringing all floating debris and floating liquids into the Seabin. We catch all the floating debris inside the Seabin and the water then flows out through the bottom of the bin and up into the pump on the dock.

The water then flows through the pump where we have the option of installing an oil/water separator and clean water then flows back into the ocean. This process is constant, operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

Their operation is on a small scale right now and they have been testing the seabin in controlled environments such as marina's, port's and yacht clubs. Attacking the pollution at one of its major sources. Of course they can't catch everything with the small seabin right now. With more funding, I believe they can make a huge difference.  They do have working prototype. But they need our help to get the seabin's in production using the most sustainable materials and process possible.