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    Regional News

    Aug 04, 2022 4 minutes

    Send us your local news stories. Email PBO news editor Laura Hodgetts at pbo@futurenet.com, tel: 0330 390 6467, or write to the address on page 5

    SOUTH COAST & CHANNEL ISLANDS

    Plymouth clean-up

    A Seabin has been installed at Plymouth Yacht Haven to collect debris, plastics and microplastics from the water, with the potential to catch up to 1.4 tons of marine waste each year.

    Made from recyclable materials, the device draws water in before pumping it through a fine mesh, and can hold up to 20kg of litter at a time. The marina team can then collect the waste from the basket and recycle it.

    Since being developed in 2016 in Australia,

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