The marine plastic pollution is a global problem and must be solved in collaboration.

We need to create a cycle where we combine heart and soul with true commitment, but also with economical numbers to promote long term sustainable commercial operations.

To make a system where we can price the problem and its solution. In order to create a sustainable change it has to be a part of our daily lives, and also on commercial terms. 

There are so many facts that clearly show what is happening and how the plastic pollution is influencing the sea environment. Under the surface, where a lot of plastic waste has already sunken to, we still know very little of the effects.

We do know now that micro-plastic is moving into the oceanic food chain. And that it will also therefore start to influence the human food chain. No-one knows the exact impact of this yet, but we all realise that we are moving in a very dangerous direction.

Plastic does not degrade, instead it takes hundreds of years to break down and never really disappears. It poses a significant health threat to various sea creatures, and to the entire marine ecosystem. People get contaminated easily by eating contaminated seafood that can cause serious health problems, from cancer to severe damage to a persons immune system.

The economic loss and damage caused to everything from the fishing industry and tourism, as well as harbours and the economical chain follows.

> Studies have also shown that about 700 species have encountered marine debris, and 92% of these interactions are with plastic. 17% of the species affected by plastic are on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species.

The basis of the PacMan fleet is to transform old boats that used to provide other services into PacMan boats. We are designing the system so it is possible to build it on any ship with large open spaces with an estimated refurbishment of 3-6 months to get the ships operational. This is done to achieve both implementation speed and financial gains. The system is modular and also should be easy to replicate.

The first two PacMan ships are under construction for stating operations during summer 2019. The ships will be fully operational in collecting and treating the plastic waste but, will also function as an R&D/optimization and communication platforms for raising support in reversing the global plastic situation. They will be visible and present in most major costal and marine events, to create and raise awareness of both the PacMan movement and our partners.

 After PacMan 1 and PacMan 2 our idea is to keep increasing the fleet with bigger and larger boats in order to have more storage capacity and will start collecting plastic from each of the five garbage patches. Starting in 2021 we want to implement the major step in our PacMan fleet to include 5 tanker chips which will be stations in an ocean gyre in order to work as a main treatment center.

PacMac1, will tour the Mediterranean and other European harbors as far up as the Baltic sea during summer time. It will collect plastic and reduce its concentration, but also create awareness and visibility for iCollect and our sponsors and partners. PacMan1 aims to attend all major events, in coastal cities and on islands. In these locations PacMan1 also becomes a platform for our sponsors to host events for promoting their work and participation in the fight against pollution.

 PacMan 1 shall also be a brand feature to be used for our partners’ communication regarding their sustainability efforts in different locations. The aim is to create a positive return value back to our sponsors, both in form of visibility but also sharing the results of research and progress.

 The Mediterranean Sea, today presented as one of the seas with the highest levels of plastic pollution worldwide, plastics account for 95% of the waste in the Mediterranean’s open waters, seabed and beaches. The Mediterranean is now considered to be the sixth biggest area of marine litter accumulation. The Mediterranean Sea will therefore be the first area of implementation.

During wintertime we will do the same but across the Atlantic Ocean, mainly in the Caribbean.

PacMan 2 will be stationed out of Hong Kong (China). As Asia is one of the biggest sources of plastic pollution worldwide, this is our second area of priority to start this coming year. Due to a rapidly growing population and the vast number of rivers, the Asian coasts are producing more than 10 000 metric tons of plastic waste per year. This is a large source of waste ending up in the oceans.

 PacMan2 will, in the same way as PacMan 1, be used both for collection and treatment and for participation in major relevant events.

Based on data and experience from PacMan 1&2, the second phase of PacMan boats will operate on improved technology and perform specific protocols for the new areas. With greater capacity, our technology will then be adapted and installed into 10 new boats. These boats will be bigger in size being able to collect, store and recycle a greater amount of plastic. They will increase the efficiency of the PacMan fleet and also accelerate the payment of the plastic debt.

These new 10 PacMan boats will be solely industrial and will extend the operation areas:

• 1 to each principal gyre, to start attacking them and collecting data for Phase 3;

The 5 PacMan tankers, sent to each of the big ocean gyres, will stay in situ at all times. Smaller ships (feeders) will collect the plastic from the ocean’s surface and transport it to the big tanker ships for fully effective recycling of the waste and storage of the energy as compressed air.

Each tanker will produce much more energy than it consumes and will therefore produce different residuals in form of energy as compressed air and possibly biofuel, as well as plastic pellets for recycling purposes.

The compressed air energy will be sold to small neighbouring islands to replace polluting diesel generated power. Medium sized boats will transport tanks of compressed air to the islands, and simultaneously function as support/supply ships for the operation. This will create a circular multipurpose structure benefiting the island through cheaper and cleaner energy, as well as creating value to the plastic collection operation.

The fleet will be expanded in each gyre until we get high impact and high reduction rate of plastic.

The ship, whose main purpose is collecting waste at sea and transforming it to energy, can also become a collection center for larger ships that cannot dispose of their waste in smaller ports or that want to unload their accumulated waste during navigation.

Helping the sea breathe by eliminating harmful waste from the marine ecosystem is our first goal, but platforms to facilitate the disposal of waste from recreative and non-recreative vessels have to be developed, as well as waste collection where it does not exist today.

The technology used in the PacMan fleet can be extended to any kind of ship by installing the recycling waste to energy plant on them. This can have positive impacts in the near future as this would mean that big ships, such as cargo ships, could use their own waste to run the boat’s engines without having to use fuel and therefore reducing the impact on the marine environment.

> Energy development of waste;

> Energy development of waste;

The first two PacMan ships are under construction for stating operations during summer 2019. The ships will be fully operational in collecting and treating the plastic waste but, will also function as an R&D/optimization and communication platforms for raising support in reversing the global plastic situation. They will be visible and present in most major costal and marine events, to create and raise awareness of both the PacMan movement and our partners.

 After PacMan 1 and PacMan 2 our idea is to keep increasing the fleet with bigger and larger boats in order to have more storage capacity and will start collecting plastic from each of the five garbage patches. Starting in 2021 we want to implement the major step in our PacMan fleet to include 5 tanker chips which will be stations in an ocean gyre in order to work as a main treatment center.

The first two PacMan ships are under construction for stating operations during summer 2019. The ships will be fully operational in collecting and treating the plastic waste but, will also function as an R&D/optimization and communication platforms for raising support in reversing the global plastic situation. They will be visible and present in most major costal and marine events, to create and raise awareness of both the PacMan movement and our partners.

 After PacMan 1 and PacMan 2 our idea is to keep increasing the fleet with bigger and larger boats in order to have more storage capacity and will start collecting plastic from each of the five garbage patches. Starting in 2021 we want to implement the major step in our PacMan fleet to include 5 tanker chips which will be stations in an ocean gyre in order to work as a main treatment center.

This enables blockchain to revolutionise the control over waste management  and the chain of the waste. In combination with smart contracts and digital passporting, a solid system can be created which is not possible to manipulate.