Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski were disheartened by the amount of plastic and other garbage they saw floating in the ocean. So the Australians invented an ingenious way to suck it up. They'd eventually quit their jobs to make it happen.

 

The Seabin is a garbage can that attaches to a floating dock. Using the power of a pump, it sucks in polluted water. As the water flows through the pump and back out into the ocean, trash like plastic water bottles, shopping bags and paper gets trapped in a "catch bag" made from natural fibers. There's even a mechanism for filtering out liquid pollutants such as oil and detergent.

 

The device is designed for relatively calm, controlled waters such as marinas, ports, rivers and lakes — places that aren't susceptible to the storms of the high seas.

 

Turton and Ceglinski are trying to fund the Seabin on Indiegogo. They've raised nearly $190,000 of their $230,000 goal, with a little under three days left to go. But they're determined to bring the Seabin to fruition: "We've quit our jobs, we've taken all our money, we're putting our heart and souls into making this happen," Ceglinski says in the campaign video. (Mic)