Kan publishing| Trash Cleanup

Project Details

The Challenge | Trash Cleanup

Oceanic garbage patches are collections of marine debris that come together due to ocean currents; they have devastating effects on ocean ecosystems. Your challenge is to design a mission to help clean up garbage from the ocean!

Plastic Muncher

Plastic muncher is a catamaran that's described below, it opens the door for plastic to go in, then it "munches" plastic and breaks it down until it is biodegradable.

Kan publishing

We would send out lots of catamaran plastic munchers at the same time because if there are problems, there is backup and also this process will be faster. This specific plastic muncher is also good because it only uses one engine to conserve energy, can turn 360 degrees and the "flat bottom" conserves energy, is suited to seawater conditions and can travel long distances.

We don't have a model, but if we were to build this catamaran, it would include enzymes, a catamaran, the layer of material for the "door"

Challenges Faced: We weren't sure what would happen to the fish if they were to go inside the ship but we're sure they wouldn't be harmed by the enzymes

The time limit-we could have made a mini model and more thorough research if it wasn't for the time limit