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The River Cleaner<\/h2>

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The River Cleaner opened in Etne!<\/span><\/p>\n

A milestone for Rivers.Global, no doubt. Due to weather and other conditions we had to rush things a bit, but had a great opening ceremony in the Etne river on October 5. We threw 46 plastic items in the river, all of them were catched by The River Cleaner!<\/p>\n

SINTEF Ocean in Trondheim has in March 2021 concluded that the sketches of The River Cleaner look fine.\u00a0They advised us to have a down-scaled model built and tested before we build a pilot for a real river in Vietnam or the Philippines. This work has now resulted in the launching of the pilot on September 13, 2021 and tests and opening in the Etne river in early October. It floats just perfect, is extremely stable and can withstand heavy river streams.<\/p>\n

Detailed technical specifications and complete drawings, with minor improvements wil be made in 3 different sizes. The plan is to have the first real prototype built in Vietnam or the Philippines in 2022.<\/p>\n

As soon as The River Cleaner is proven effective, details on how to build and install it will be presented online for anyone to copy, 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. And less costly and polluting shipping across borders. In this way we can get real progress in the struggle for cleaner oceans.<\/p>\n

Natural currents as power.<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n