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This Dutch Bubble Barrier Extracts Plastic Trash From Rivers

Air is pumped through a perforated tube on the river bed forming a wall of bubbles in the water. The bubbles carry plastic waste to the surface and angle it towards the bank where it’s collected for recycling.

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