To stop plastic reaching the ocean, a start-up in Ecuador is using a conveyor belt to skim off and remove plastic from rivers – and working to stop polluters adding plastic to rivers in the ...

The science of plastic pollution is new and almost as ... The devices use ancient and modern technology to run rakes and a conveyor belt that move floating trash into barge-mounted dumpsters.

In addition to keeping water molecules away, these side chains double as a conveyor belt, snatching hydrogen ... Thus, the catalyst could make plastic production more environmentally friendly.