Workers operate a trash collecting vessel named Mobula 8 at Benoa harbour in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, March 21, 2023. - Reuters
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): A small boat designed to collect ocean waste took to the water for the first time off Bali island on Tuesday (March 21), launching a mission to tackle pollution in a region notorious for its marine plastics problem.
The Mobula 8, brainchild of 52-year-old Franco-Swiss Yvan Bourgnon, is capable of clearing solid debris, microwaste and oil spills, and he expects it to retrieve up to 1,000 tonnes of waste annually.
