Plastic-choked rivers in Ecuador are being cleared with conveyor belts
Plastic bottles, sports balls, and what look like the wheels from a toy pram float down the San Pedro River that runs through Quito, Ecuador. They are on their way towards the Pacific Ocean, on a downstream journey repeated all over the world as plastic waste is flushed through rivers into the seas. However, this particular patch of plastic waste is about to have its journey cut short. It is brought to a stop by a floating barrier in the water, part of a local plastic clean-up technology called the Azure system, which collects plastic from rivers.
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