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(Archive) The Waterside Gobbler

This friendly character and fun litter picking tool is designed to engage people in taking care of urban waterways by removing plastic pollution.

This project was part of DDW 2019

The Waterside Gobbler aims to become an additional tool in the emerging activity of plastic fishing. By making it fun to pick plastic from the urban waterways, local citizens can be encouraged to take action in reducing the amount of plastic in the environment.

Situated along urban canals in places where plastic debris collects, the Waterside Gobbler aims to propel people into action by making it fun to remove plastic rubbish from the water as it floats along the surface.

The goal of this project is to enable

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