S-STEM/TRAIN Scholar Jasmine Patricio

Seabin, is a floating debris interception device that traps an estimated 1.5 kgs debris per day. The Seabin is a project created by Pete Ceglinski, and his team ( Andrew Turton, Sascha Chapman and Sergio Ruiz Halpern). The project was created to try to eliminate trash from water surfaces and educate society about the dangers of dumping trash in water surfaces. “ The issue of marine litter is one that will have to be dealt with for generations to come and therefore we need to provide the knowledge, tools and capacities to the decision-makers of the future, our children. Education is the first step to lasting and effective solutions. With marine litter, children can play a direct and significant role in reducing the sheer amount entering the oceans. Every child who learns to dispose of trash properly can be one less “source” person littering and they have the potential to spread the word to friends and family virally amplifying the effect.” (Seabin Project For Cleaner Ocean). I have tri...

This week in lab I shredded SPI 4, I was able to produce enough for perhaps multiple trials. Also we now have enough plastics that covered every plastic besides SPI 1. The only trouble was that with SPI 6 was that since it is Styrofoam, we have to wet the Styrofoam first in order to break it into small pieces because of the attraction that they hold together. Then after we broke it up then we had to dry it up which took a while because the Styrofoam absorbed the water.