It all started with two Australian thirty-years old men: Pete Ceglinski, a product designer and boat builder, and Andrew Turton, a professional in the nautical industry. The two friends shared a passion for sailing and surfing but, increasingly, their nature excursions were being disturbed by plastic pieces, cigarette butts, floating rubbish and oil stains. They started collecting the waste by hand, but soon realised this was an inadequate solution. That's when they had the idea. "If we can have rubbish bins on dry land, why can't we have them in the sea?"
In 2017, after three years of experimentation in Europe and the United States, the Seabin V5 was finally launched on the market. It is a cross between a swimming pool skimmer and a rubbish bin, installed at water level on floating or fixed structures, such as docks. Its functionality is based on a pump capable of attracting the first 10 mm of surface water into the unit, where its filter can capture plastics, microplastics and hydrocarbons, then release the sucked water outside.
Since then, more than 6,000 units have been sold in 77 different countries, including Italy in 2018 through the LifeGate PlasticLess project, and Grado in 2023. Over the years, Seabins designed to capture floating plastic thanks to the action of winds and currents have collected over 84,000 kilograms of waste, equivalent to the weight of 5.6 million 0.5-litre plastic bottles.
In Grado, the project was born from the collaboration between Rotary Club Grado Monfalcone, the Naval League, the Municipality of Grado and some sponsors including Hotel Savoy.
In 2017, after three years of experimentation in Europe and the United States, the Seabin V5 was finally launched on the market. It is a cross between a swimming pool skimmer and a rubbish bin, installed at water level on floating or fixed structures, such as docks. Its functionality is based on a pump capable of attracting the first 10 mm of surface water into the unit, where its filter can capture plastics, microplastics and hydrocarbons, then release the sucked water outside.
Since then, more than 6,000 units have been sold in 77 different countries, including Italy in 2018 through the LifeGate PlasticLess project, and Grado in 2023. Over the years, Seabins designed to capture floating plastic thanks to the action of winds and currents have collected over 84,000 kilograms of waste, equivalent to the weight of 5.6 million 0.5-litre plastic bottles.
In Grado, the project was born from the collaboration between Rotary Club Grado Monfalcone, the Naval League, the Municipality of Grado and some sponsors including Hotel Savoy.
