Empowering rivers, empowering people

Our objective is the deployment of several River Cleaning systems across the main rivers, tributaries and canals that flow close to the main cities in Italy, European and Asian countries. Our patented technology will stop solid waste (among which plastic is one of the most dangerous materials) in watercourses, before entering seas and oceans, thus ultimately preventing the formation of secondary microplastics.
The River Cleaning technology will enable us to recover litter in transit towards the sea, not contaminated by saltwater; we will engage close collaborations with the local municipalities and waste management companies to effectively transform waste into value (for example through recycling, upcycling and pyrolisis approaches), thus effectively reducing the net amount of CO2. Furthermore, the retrieval of plastic litter will enable the creation of plastic credits.
Upon the installation of River Cleaning systems we will create a project involving local stakeholders and institutions to further exploit results. The collected litter will be used to create reports and build a collective database of measurements regarding riverine litter. Research activities will be carried out in collaboration with universities.
Overall, the impact created by our action can be summarised as such:
- Creation of a network of systems to stop litter and reduce plastic pollution even in small rivers, in agreement with the European strategy to reduce litter which places high importance on minor watercourses
- Reduction of pollution locally to be effective globally: each location can be cleaned, local businesses can be engaged and CRM can be processed locally. Engaged municipalities can become Plastic Free.
- Engagement of schools and citizen science through on site visits, workshops and events on marine litter.