SocEnt
Cleaning Beaches through Automation
Location
Room #3 (A155)
Document Type
Presentation
Type
Social Entrepreneurship (SocEnt)
UN Sustainable Development Goal
UNSDG #12: Responsible Consumption and Reduction
Start Date
26-4-2023 11:10 AM
End Date
26-4-2023 11:25 AM
Abstract
Beaches worldwide are littered with small, dangerous, and hazardous plastics and metal waste. According to the National History Museum, there are four billion pieces of micro and nano plastic in just the top five centimeters of sand. The 2021 International Coastal Cleanup aimed to help decrease waste and manually collect around three million waste items over the past year. While it is clear that volunteers are eager to manually pick up each piece of waste, this method is extremely ineffective and slow.
Our solution aims to automate and electronically reduce the amount of plastic waste on beaches through the usage of robots. By utilizing our innovative approach, individuals can contribute to their environment by renting and fundraising for our robot to promote community involvement and address environmental issues.
Our robot will not come in one form but be divided into variations that accommodate different purposes. One bot can simultaneously filter the sand for microplastics and act as a beach buddy for community relationships. Another form of the bot can be a moving recycling can for the beach.
Our target audience is initially affluent beach communities and associations in the US to gain a user base, then expanding to third-world countries.
Cleaning Beaches through Automation
Room #3 (A155)
Beaches worldwide are littered with small, dangerous, and hazardous plastics and metal waste. According to the National History Museum, there are four billion pieces of micro and nano plastic in just the top five centimeters of sand. The 2021 International Coastal Cleanup aimed to help decrease waste and manually collect around three million waste items over the past year. While it is clear that volunteers are eager to manually pick up each piece of waste, this method is extremely ineffective and slow.
Our solution aims to automate and electronically reduce the amount of plastic waste on beaches through the usage of robots. By utilizing our innovative approach, individuals can contribute to their environment by renting and fundraising for our robot to promote community involvement and address environmental issues.
Our robot will not come in one form but be divided into variations that accommodate different purposes. One bot can simultaneously filter the sand for microplastics and act as a beach buddy for community relationships. Another form of the bot can be a moving recycling can for the beach.
Our target audience is initially affluent beach communities and associations in the US to gain a user base, then expanding to third-world countries.