Two Australian surfers just came up with a really neat way to help clean the ocean

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2. Very cool

I worry about pump maintenance though.

I'm guessing the pump would be shut off during the dumping process. Is it easy to start back up? Priming a pump can be a pain in the butt.

Additionally, as trash, especially bags, fills the bin does the water flow get reduced? If so, how much does that effect the pump?

It is a very cool invention, particularly for docking areas as intended. It's amazing how much trash i see around docks. As far as pumping gas at a dock it's impossible not to spill a little bit of it when done fueling and pulling the pump nozzle out of the fill tube. Drives me crazy, but try as I might there's always at least a few drops that fall into the water. One station dealt with this problem in a way by having paper towels by the pump so you can wad them up and try to catch those few drops, but I've only seen that at 1 dock station in my lifetime.