The City of Kwinana in WA has installed 5 nets attached to drain outlets, to stop rubbish from entering the waterways of the nature reserve.
The 2-person crew who inspect and clean out the nets load it into a truck for data collection, then take it for sorting at a waste management centre.
The Kwinana council website has stated that the nets regularly catch bottles, cans, rubber balls, and occasionally things like keys, and so far no wildlife has been caught up in the nets.
Between May 2018 - June 2019, they collected just under 1.7 tonnes of rubbish from just two of the nets!
If you've thought "Climate Tech" sounded like building a complex piece of technology... it can be as simple as attaching a net to a pipe.
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