Building a net to catch microplastics − DIY

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Preparing Learning by Training: 3-day workshop in Brussels in September 2024

PVC pipe: 26 cm long, 12 cm diameter

Colour photograph of a hand-held PVC tube with a glazed workroom in the background. A full diameter is marked on the tube to guide the cut into 2 equal parts. The hole to be drilled for the rope was marked with a felt-tip pen.2663×1498 132 KB

Splitting the PVC pipe into 2 pieces.

Then ~ 2 metres of cord set in 2 diametrically opposed holes

Photograph of the 2 pieces of PVC with the ropes fitted in the hole drilled for them2663×1498 230 KB

Then we add babylegs (Size: 0 to 1 year old) attached with colsons

Color photograph of the assembly of the babylegs which will be used as a net to collect the microplastics leaving the PVC pipe opposite the ropes.2663×1498 98.8 KB

And now we add 4 meters of tow rope with a double figure-of-eight knot on the pipe string

Colour photograph of the 2 microplastics capture devices. They are suspended from a metal beam supporting the glass ceiling of the workroom.998×1774 169 KB

So now it’s ready to use and will be during [Learning by Training: 3-day workshop in Brussels in September 2024]

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