Fixed Seabin

Fixed Seabins are moored to vertical docks with solid pilings. The Fixed Seabin needs the same maintenance standards that other types of Seabins need. Fixed Seabins need a dedicated staff to maintain them, making sure that they are emptied regularly and checked that they are working properly.

Fixed Seabins also need a power outlet. All Seabin types come with an electrical cord of 20 feet (6 meters).

Location conditions ideal for a Fixed Seabin are those with calm waters and low wave height. Water activity needs to be less than 1.5 knots and wave height needs to be less than 1 foot (0.3 meters). Water level should be greater than 4.4 feet (1.34 meters) at the lowest tide.

Fixed Seabins have the same benefits as the other types of Seabin trash skimmers. They catch micro-plastics as small as 2 millimeters and can constantly work to filter pollutants from marinas, harbors, and canals. A benefit unique to the Fixed and Mobile Seabins are their ability to be moored and moved to fixed docks. Seabins capture in their catchbag, plastics as large as 5 liters. 20 liter containers don't fit inside the Seabin, but are kept against the side of the floating trash bin because of the flow of water.

Fixed Seabins require regular maintenance and supervision when emptying or cleaning it, but other than those instances, Seabins provide constant cleaning and filtration without the need for human labor. Fixed Seabins are easy to use and maintain, and the catchbag can be taken out of the Seabin and replaced by one person.

Other than the obvious benefits of having cleaner waters, Seabins are also powerful awareness tools. Plastic pollution is a huge problem in our environment, harming wildlife and poisoning our water table. Stopping plastic pollution where it typically starts, around coastal areas, marinas, and canals, is a way to bring the community together around a common cause of protecting the environment.

Fixed Seabins can help municipalities control the influx of stormwater debris, plastic pollutants, and hydrocarbons in their waterways. Plastics and debris end up in the water around coastal areas as people deposit them and as plastics and debris flow from storm drains. Floating trash bins catch plastics before they flow into the open ocean, contributing to the large floating trash islands and killing marine life.

Water Management departments can greatly benefit from a Fixed Seabin as a way to catch plastic pollutants and debris.

Parks and Recreation departments can also benefit from a Fixed Seabin when cleaning up lakes, ponds, and various parks-related lands. Parks and Recreation departments already have park maintenance workers available to check and maintain the floating trash bin when they need to be emptied. Fixed Seabins will be useful to departments that encounter plastics and pollution near bodies of water. Using Floating Barriers in conjunction with a floating trash bin will direct floating debris and trash toward the bin, making containment easier.

Other municipal departments that can benefit from Fixed Seabins:

• Building Management
• Transport Infrastructure
• Code Enforcement