Meet the drain sock - a simple pollution solution taking the world by storm

Cities across the globe are looking to Australia for a simple pollution solution to stop rubbish from spoiling creeks and river systems.
The City of Kwinana, south of Perth, has generated international interest for its drain socks.
In March 2018, nets were fitted to the mouths of two local stormwater drains to trap litter and debris that washed into the system after a rain storm.
Kwinana Mayor Carol Adams said more than 25 million people had since interacted with a single picture of the drain sock in action that the council posted on social media.
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[@kailainathannadesu416]

I am the designer of the system at UNSW/Centennial Park, Sydney in 1996. Nowhere any credit is given for that so far.

[@harrisonideozu]

Hi, you design this can we work together how do I contact you.

[@mentalizatelo]

Simple, yet, very effective idea. That's clever engineering!

[@dacibov]

All well and good, but we do still need the organic material in the creeks and rivers, otherwise they would be sterile, or riddled with algae cause the fertilizer run off still makes it through.
How about we don't buy/sell/import/export anything that uses non-biodegradable packaging.
This will work well in the interim I suppose. If only there was a way they could separate the rubbish from the leaves... although I suppose if the river is surrounded by organic material and it's purely fed by run off the organic material will get in there eventually, however it still won't stop rubbish from blowing in. If all packaging was bio-degradable/compostable, it wouldn't matter so much.

[@theenvironment5789]

excellent ..we are replicating it in Ghana for 8th June 2021 World Oceans Day

[@BloodyWolf6789]

Is there an update on this? I want to know how it's been holding up and how much litter has been collected since then.

[@adamseekermurtid5658]

It is made of metallic wires.

[@kenfox22]

Simple yet brilliant

[@ANMA133]

Video: 100 likes, 100% like ratio
That one person: Imma break this streak

[@insectbite1714]

I disliked the video because the drain sock is made of plastic and makes the problem worse

[@ANMA133]

@@insectbite1714 actually by recycling plastic and turning it into a drain sock amkes it better

[@insectbite1714]

@@ANMA133 when the drain sock breaks off then it can still pollute water ways and most of the stuff it traps is organic matter, filling up landfills faster with stuff that isn't even plastic.

[@insectbite1714]

@off spec NO, plastic if left abandoned can break from the sun weakining it and also the drainage sock moving around will break it. Also no one wants more plastic demand and if it breaks all the trash at once will be free being hard to clean up. *ALSO AUSTRALIAN WILDFIRES WILL DESTRIY THE DRAIN SOCK MAKING AIR POLLUTION* THIS is not at all a solution Australia is a failure you can tell by their 60% dead great barrier reef.

[@mrspinxYT]

why isn't the whole world doing it
please answer😭

[@learnerpro007]

Kindly tell me what type of raw material use in socks?.

[@jaynizzlefizzle]

How often are the nets cleaned out? This is a wonderful idea.

[@heatherg5478]

Another article indicated in 6 months they had to clean them out 3 times and collected over 815lbs of trash that they sort/recycle/compost/dispose of.

[@sukhikhojewal2252]

Good

[@peterdix2693]

where can we purchase these nets from ?

[@amanbisht2704]

cool

[@Technologygenie2009]

So is the net re-useable or not

[@manjunathag9295]

👌100% cleaning

[@ArghRawrWhoa]

Nice

[@meheretoday6968]

what material is the net made from

[@abcaustralia]

Hi there - it's made from rope. More details are available in the news story: www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-09/drain-sock-kwinana-pollution-solution-takes-world-by-storm/11190266

[@meheretoday6968]

Nothing in the story on that link, that tells what the rope is made of...

[@dacibov]

@@meheretoday6968 yeah, if the rope is Nylon, and it's not recycled plastic, then the point is moot

[@catataurp6577]

what material

[@jchristian8413]

@@dacibov get a grip

[@hawks9142]

Would it not also catch fish?

[@vennnn8101]

slaying so hard

[@hardwareful]

I wonder what Post 10 makes of this

[@gtnathan]

KISS

[@Nogapniba]

In just a second it will be full in india

[@Edmund._.Dantes]

I literally never seen so much trash in the streets/train stations in my entire life than when I visited India.

[@NguyenHien-rl1ux]

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