Robot boats gobble plastic waste from Vietnam to Malaysia


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A semi-autonomous "Interceptor" boat hoovers up garbage in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, a top source of the world's ocean plastic. (Photo courtesy of U.S. embassy in Hanoi) LIEN HOANG, Nikkei staff writer June 20, 2022 12:25 JST | Vietnam Copy Copied HO CHI MINH CITY -- The floating markets of Vietnam's Mekong Delta have a new, high-tech neighbor: a robotic boat that gobbles up plastic bottles, wrappers and other trash that could spill into the Pacific Ocean, taking aim at one of the world's most pressing environmental problems. Read Next