The River Cleaner
Open source. No copyrights.
The River Cleaner works!
SINTEF Ocean in Trondheim concluded in March 2021 that the sketches of The River Cleaner look fine. They advised us to have a prototype built and tested before we export drawings to partners in Asia or elsewhere. This work has now come to an end. The River Cleaner floats just perfect, is extremely stable and can withstand heavy river streams.
Details on how to build and install The River Cleaner will be sent to anyone who is interested, free of charge. Authorities and organizations in South-America, Africa and Asia may copy and build their own river cleaners. Local ownership assures better sustainability. It’s also cheaper and less polluting to produce river cleaners locally.
Natural currents as power.
The River Cleaner uses the river’s current to guide plastics and other debris into a large net, which can easily and swiftly be lifted onto shore and emptied for sorting.
- The River Cleaner is simple, produced of materials easily accessible anywhere in the world.
- The River Cleaner is solid enough to endure monsoons and heavy currents.
- The River Cleaner is efficient, with a scalable net that can hold lots of debris.
- The River Cleaner is open source. Drawings, test results, adjustments and improvements will be made accessible for all, free of charge, without copy-rights.
The River Cleaner is located at one of the river banks, making it easy for boats to pass.
Some of the debris can be recycled, some of it can be used to produce new products, some of it will be burnt in incinerators, preferably with energy recovery.
Close co-operation with local Authorities and local partners.
Rivers.Global will always focus on a close relationship with the local people and the local Authorities before installing a River Cleaner. The locals will have the necessary expertise on their own river.
What is needed for The River Cleaner to be effective?
- A river with lots of floating plastics.
- The river must have a steady stream towards the ocean, even in the dry season.
- The river-bank must be able to hold a truck and containers for sorting of the debris.
- Some sort of waste management must be in place.
A local partner will assure smooth co-operation between local Authorities, local waste-management company, the garage that will produce The River Cleaner, the transportation and anchoring of the device, the emptying and sorting processes.
Local Authorities need to document that they have an infrastructure connected to waste management that is OK. The debris collected by the River Cleaner must be handled properly.
Local Authorities is responsible for the maintenance of The River Cleaner. They also need to see to that The River Cleaner is emptied on a regular basis.
Local Authorities must partly contribute economicaly for the cost of producing and installing of The River Cleaner. This assures the local ownership and better maintenance of the River Cleaner.
Your contribution is welcome!
There is a chance now for you to be part of stopping the streams of plastics into our ocean. We hope to see The River Cleaner doing its job 24/7 in polluted rivers world-wide. By lauching the River Cleaner we are for the first time reaching out to people on a broad scale to ask for their support. In addition to private donors, we challenge colleges, companies, foundations, communities, shipping companies and more to join us in the battle for a cleaner ocean. With your help we can prevent tons of plastics from reaching the ocean. Your contribution is highly appreciated. The Board will work hard to have the River Cleaner make a difference in polluted rivers around the globe.
