The LittaTrap™ is very effective at reducing plastic pellet loss on a plastic manufacturing site in Canada.
Stormwater discharge is one of the leading causes of freshwater pollution because they discharge directly into the nearest freshwater source.
Hood Packaging, a plastics manufacturing supplier, partnered with Enviropod Canada Limited to assist with lowering the company’s environmental impact by preventing plastic resin pellets and other debris from entering the stormwater system.
Enviropod installed a LittaTrap™ device in a stormwater drain in front of one of their manufacturing buildings as a pilot study project to quantify its effectiveness to capture resin pellets from manufacturing activities.
The report summarises the litter and resin pellets caught in the LittaTrap™ over the three-month testing period. The LittaTrap™ with a 1000-micron performance liner captures gross pollutants and other pollutants greater than 1 mm in diameter before they are transported into receiving waters.
During the trial period of 99 days, 712 plastic litter items were collected. If we took this loading rate and extrapolated out, this single catch basin could catch around 2,500 pieces of plastic each year. Learn more about this in the Case Study Download,
