00:03this shark doesn't have a dorsal fin but it's still a menace to some of the things floating
00:07around in our planet's waters plastic this is what developer aqua libra calls waste shark and
00:13it could soon be cleaning up rivers and coastlines near you this was all done as part of global
00:17recycling day but it's a demonstration they hope many will take to heart waste shark can gobble
00:22up more than 1100 pounds of garbage every day for reference that's the same as around 22 700
00:28plastic bottles in just 24 hours aqua libra is a soda company and they say they develop the device
00:34because they never want waste to be an operating cost this is the first marine robot to be built
00:38specifically for cleaning london's waterways but waste shark has another trick up its sleeve it can
00:43also take in water samples and test them providing a water quality index for marine researchers and
00:48those are important metrics to keep track of since only 14 of rivers in england have a good ecological
00:53standing but hopefully waste shark and other plastic eating robots might be one part of a global solution
00:59to that problem
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