Wärtsilä and Grimaldi tackle ocean microplastics

Grimaldi has developed and patented a system that filters out microplastics from open loop scrubber washwater before the washwater is returned to the ocean

Source: Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä and Grimaldi Group have unveiled a new system that uses exhaust gas scrubber washwater to filter out microplastics from the world’s oceans.

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