Design and Application of Bubble Barrier to Prevent the Pollutant in Water Bodies

Around the world the awareness is growing for the increasing of the plastic waste in our ocean and it is highly dangerous for our ecosystem and for the health of our own. The total majority of the plastic in the ocean i.e., (80%-90%) of waste comes from the Land, via rivers and canals. The plastic waste is thrown into the water and transported directly straight to sea without any barrier to stop it from mixing it in sea. Currently barrier system that are available usually not only block the plastic but also, they block ships and aquatic life, therefore they are not so good to fix the waste problem. In Amsterdam, Netherland group of engineers found the solution to not only stop the waste but also oxygenate the water and without having the ship traffic to occur, this project is called “The Great Bubble Barrier�. It uses a bubble barrier: a bubble made barrier of compress air. The bubble acts as barrier and stop the waste to flow through it before reaching into the oceans. The bubble produce does not harm any marine life it is easy to go through it for them and also the ship traffic due to bubble barrier is none. Due to air bubble it’s also reduce the CO2 contain in the water which makes the ecosystem and aquatic life was water bodies great. It also recovers a valuable resource and brings it back into the plastic value chain, reducing the need for virgin plastic materials in the future.