Mechanical

Mechanical – Actions

Overview
Actions

Actions to address waste pollution in the Mechanical pathway include:

Litter vacuum systems
Street sweepers
Manual waste collection - waterways
Manual waste collection - land
Reduced waste and alternative products
Full capture storm drain netting systems
Gravity filtration technology
Gross pollutant traps
High efficiency coalescing separator
High flow bio-filtration technology
In water oil and litter removal systems
Litter booms
Litter-collecting wheels and conveyors
Marine filters
Microplastic laundry filters
Reduced waste and alternative products
Sediment traps
Stormwater filter systems
Street sweepers
Tractor-powered sifters
Vehicle load covers
Automatic underground waste collection

Last updated: 10 May 2021

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2021) Mechanical – Actions, WetlandInfo website, accessed 1 February 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/management/pressures/litter-illegal-dumping/pathways/mechanical/management.html