LET'S GO TO HOWARD DASHEFSKY
STANDING BY WITH A SPECIAL
GUEST.
HOWARD: THIS IS REALLY COOL
STUFF.
JORDI ME IS PETE, THE CEO OF THE
SEA BIB PROJECT, AND JASON
DONOVAN.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR
CONNECTION TO THIS EVENT, THIS
MISSION IN THE MOMENT BUT I WANT
TO START WITH YOU.
TELL US ABOUT THESE SEA BINS.
YOU TOLD ME IT IS A COMBINATION
OF A TRASHCAN AND A POOL SKIMMER
BUILT INTO ONE.
WE PUT IT IN THE WATER AND
THAT IS LITERALLY WHAT WE HAVE
DONE.
WE ARE SKIMMING THE SURFACE FOR
MICRO PLASTICS, FUEL, OIL,
PLASTIC BAGS, BOTTLES.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THE WATER
IS WHAT WE ARE COLLECTING.
WE FIGURED WE WOULD START
UPSTREAM CLOSE TO THE SOURCE OF
THE PROBLEM.
HOWARD: THIS IS KIND OF YOUR
FINAL STOP ON A PRETTY LENGTHY
TOUR.
YOU HAVE STOPPED IN FIVE MAJOR
CITIES ACROSS THE CALIFORNIA
COASTLINE.
YOU SAY YOU ARE IN DOZENS OF
COUNTRIES ACROSS THE WORLD.
PETE: WE ARE IN 48 COUNTRIES
ACROSS THE WORLD.
SOME UNITS, WE HAVE 110.
WE ARE IN EARLY STAGES.
WE ARE IN START UP MODE BUT WE
ARE A SMALL TEAM AND A BIG IDEA.
THE ISSUE IS GLOBAL.
IT'S QUITE A CHALLENGE.
HOWARD: YOUR CONNECTION, SEE
FRESHWATER AROUND THIS ENTIRE
AREA.
YOU HAVE PURCHASED THE FIRST TWO
SEA BINS IN HAWAII.
JASON: WE ARE IN HAWAII.
WE MADE A DONATION.
THE FIRST TWO HAWAII SEA BINS.
WE LINED UP WITH PATAGONIA, THEY
WILL BE IN DISPLAY IN STORES.
THE SEA BINS WILL BE THERE UNTIL
WE FIND THE FINAL LOCATION THEY
WILL BE INSTALLED.
HOWARD: A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
BOATS IN THE YACHT CLUB AREA
WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEE THIS.
HOW QUICKLY DO THEY FILL UP?
HOW DO YOU EMPTY THEM
OUT?
YOU PUT ONE IN THE HARBOR, IT
WILL FILL UP IN ABOUT THREE
SECONDS.
PETE: THIS IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY
TO EXPLAIN THAT A SEA BIN WOULD
NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT IT
WOULD HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
THEY ARE NOT HUGE.
THEY ARE PULLING OUT 40 POUNDS
PER FILTER.
YOU CAN CHANGE THE FILTER 10
TIMES A DAY, SO YOU WILL PULL
OUT 400 POUNDS OF TRASH.
I THINK IT IS A VERY GOOD FIRST
STEP.
A VERY GOOD COMMUNICATION
PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN BRING
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES DOWN.
JUST OUT THE CONVERSATION OF
HAVING A TANGIBLE, KIND OF
TRACTABLE SOLUTION TO BRING IN
AND OUT OF THE WATER WHILE
TURNING OUT THE TAP, WHICH IS
THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
HOWARD: YOU SAID YOU ACTUALLY
SIGNED A DEAL WITH THE STATE
YESTERDAY?
PETE: NOT YET.
VERBAL BLESSING.
HOWARD: VERBAL BLESSING FROM THE
STATE DEPARTMENT.
PETE: YEAH, WE GOT A TRIAL.
YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT.
JASON: IT REQUIRES PERMITS, AS
IT SHOULD, BUT THEY GAVE THE
BLESSING YESTERDAY TO DO A
PILOT PROGRAM.
YOU DO DATA COLLECTION.
PETE: WE NEED TO PROVIDE A BIT A
DATA.
DOES IT WORK, IS THE MAINTENANCE
SCHEDULE OK?
IS IT EFFECTIVE OR IS IT NOT?
IS IT GOING TO HELP?
WE'VE GOT SEA BINS, MORE THAN
700 UNITS IN 48 COUNTRIES.
WE KNOW IT IS OK.
IT IS A BIT OF A DIFFERENT
SITUATION WITH THE VOLUMES IN
THE HARBOR.
WE NEED TO SEE IF IT CAN WORK OR
NOT.
.
HOWARD: WE NEED ONE THE SIZE OF
OAHU TO THROW IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE PACIFIC AND YOU SAID YOU
HAVE A PLAN, MAYBE THAT IS DOWN
THE ROAD.
A GIANT RUBBER CATCH THE
PACIFIC.
WE CANNOT GET INTO THAT
HOPEFULLY YO WE WILL HEAR FROM
YOU.
COOL STUFF.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
ANYTHING THAT WILL MAKE THE