Motivation

The largest plastic waste path on the planet is located in the pacific ocean and is commonly referred to as the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. About 10 million plastics are dumped into the oceans each year, which cost 2.5 trillion dollars per year. Such of marine debris is composed of microplastics and can destroy the marine ecosystem.

Solution

The platform will support executive bodies (such as city halls), people engaged with the cause and companies with sustainability. Volunteers receive bonuses with discounts at partner companies impacted by the project (tourism generated by a cleaner beach, for example).

Considering all aspects of the ocean current provided by NASA's database, it is possible to project the locations most impacted by the current-generated waste waves, making them our target audience. The design is not only applicable to predictions, but also to coastal regions in general (unaffected by currents).

The project has scalability in urban regions and is a web application that has the function of making the population aware of the pollution of the oceans, through events and multitudes of volunteers. With the partnership of companies that benefit the volunteers through bonuses and help from the local city to support the events.

Resources used from NASA:

Ocean current (https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/OceanCurrentsCirculation)

Garbage Path Visualization Experiment (https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=4174)