Bangkok (VNA), March 28 -- Thailand on March 27 started to use Interceptor 019, a solar-powered barge, to collect waste on part of Chao Phraya river in Bangkok.

Obtained from Dutch non-profit organisation Ocean Cleanup, Interceptor 019 is its third-generation garbage collecting barge, 100% solar-powered and can operate round the clock without human supervision. It can collect up to 100,000 pieces of garbage daily.

Since 2019, Ocean Cleanup has been working with governments and private partners to collect plastic waste from rivers in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Dominican Republic and the US to minimise plastic from flowing into the oceans and causing ecological harm at a larger scale.

According to a statement by Ocean Cleanup, Chao Phraya ...