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Seabin Installed in Falmouth Harbour

Emma Arnott

On Wednesday, 24th of November 2021 we were stoked to launch the new Seabin installed in Falmouth Harbour. The launch was covered by BBC News, The Falmouth Packet and got a shout-out here at minute 44!

The installation is part of the Harbour's 150th Anniversary pledge to be at the forefront of green innovation to protect the harbour and its unique natural environment and habitats, and part-funded by Paddle Logger.

The Seabin Project was developed in Sydney, Australia. The unit works by skimming the surface of the water by pumping water into the device and intercepting debris, plus macro/micro plastics, micro fibres, and contaminated organic material such as leaves, algae, and seaweed. This awesome device has the capacity to catch up to 90,000 plastic bags or 16,500 plastic bottles each year, all on its own. With giving back to our ocean playground being one of our core values at Paddle Logger, we couldn't be more proud to be part of this initiative.

Paddle Logger Co-Founder and CEO David Walker said, “In an ideal world this Seabin should have very little to do, but it is great to see the positive steps Falmouth Harbour are taking to mitigate plastics and rubbish entering our ocean playground. At Paddle Logger we hope to inspire paddlers to be responsible ocean stewards, we encourage everyone to give back to the ocean and ensure they take rubbish with them when they are out and about. Falmouth was where everything started for us. Since 2014 I have been testing various versions of Paddle Logger either out in Falmouth Bay or in the harbour here. It is part of our DNA so when the opportunity came up to give back to the place that has given so much it was an easy decision.”

The Seabin was unveiled by Plastic Free Falmouth, and Cornish rower Bella Collins. Plastic Free Falmouth is run by Falmouth’s Deputy Mayor Cllr Kirstie Edwards, and works with individuals, organisations and businesses with the aim of reducing the damaging pollution of the planet caused by the use of single use plastics.

Bella is part of a crew called the Ocean Sheros who recently completed the 2,700 Pacific Ocean Race from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to Hawaii to raise money for the Seabin Project globally. They completed the race in just over 35 days, beating the record by two weeks for an all-female crew.

So far they have raised almost £31,000, and hope to hit their goal of £60,000 by next May.