Made in Germany | Tackling Marine Pollution with Technology


US ports for up to 5 years. Within the EU, France now fines captains guilty of dumping oil in to the sea up to 300 000 Euro. Eberhard Runge from the Hamburg-based company Mahle NFV has spent decades lobbying for better environmental protection at sea. The engineer has developed a filter system that works with ultraviolet light. Now that legislation has been tightened on sea pollution, demand for his technology is growing although the shipping companies are still sceptical. … Deutsche Welle …

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