A company which develops and manufactures pump and oil spill response solutions is aiming to use its expertise to help strengthen technologies and partnerships with local governments and businesses to help turn waste into energy.
Denmark-based DESMI says marine and aquatic debris can be collected and used as an energy source with the right equipment and collaboration from stakeholders.
According to Henrik Knudsen, CEO at DESMI’s Ro-Clean subsidiary, establishing local partnerships is key to addressing collection, transportation, and recycling or the safe disposal of non-recyclable waste: “Based on expertise and capabilities gained in the oil spill industry over many years, we saw an opportunity to contribute to solving this global problem, which is now at the top of UN, regional and local government agendas.”
The company, which develops and markets mobile and stationary clean-up units, high-volume debris trawling devices, floating ‘trash bins’ and other clean-up equipment, stressed that debris needs to be disposed of properly so that it doesn’t return to the ecosystem and become a threat to the environment.
DESMI pointed out that each environment requires different equipment, operators and partnerships and each project has different needs and solutions. Mr Knudsen emphasised: “No two riverbeds are the same, for example. Some have a rock bottom, some have a sandy bottom, and sometimes you’re in the middle of a swamp.”
