ENVIRONMENT


Seabin cleans up


Home-grown environmental invention is set to change the look of Australia’s waterways. by Luke Dean-Weymark


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eabin is a floating rubbish collection device designed to reduce, and ultimately stop


pollution in our waterways from entering the ocean. A simple concept coupled with an incredibly innovative design has delivered an outcome that will see every Seabin installed remove up to 1.5 tons of waste from marine waterways per year. The invention was conceptualised


by two Aussie ocean enthusiasts, sailor Andrew Turton and surfer Pete Ceglinski, whose love of the ocean inspired them to do something about the ever-growing issue of marine pollution. Currently, the product has had substantial uptake throughout the marinas, harbours and ports of throughout the world with Europe


26 MARCH | APRIL 2018


having the greatest interest, but now Seabin is coming home to Australia and the ocean-saving product will soon be launched in our waterways.


CROWD FUNDING Seabin’s Indiegogo campaign kicked off in late 2015. Thanks to the successful crowdfunding, Seabins have been installed in 11 countries throughout the world for testing and user feedback. As a result, plenty of communities, school groups and environmental organisations have started their own crowdfunding efforts to pay for a Seabin to donate to their local ports and marinas. “It has been a phenomenal ride


so far, exhilarating, challenging and overwhelming at times but the team


and I enjoy a challenge and what better challenge than to address the issue of ocean plastics and littering. CEO and CO-Founder, Pete Ceglinski explained. “Who really wants to surf or swim in plastics’?


UP-COMING DEVELOPMENTS “Seabin has drawn millions of eyes to the environmental disaster that is the state of our oceans, and people have jumped onboard with our technology and broader vision very quickly. 2018 is going to be a huge year in terms of new technologies, product advancements, our education and science programs and with hard work, we will see wide scale Seabin installations across Australia too.


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