Anglo-Norwegian R&D company Ladar Ltd has developed a ground-breaking, compact LADARTM (laser detection and ranging) system that can supercharge plastic detection capabilities for end-users involved in everything from environmental research and monitoring to marine clean-up campaigns and harvesting plastic for recycling.
Huge amounts of plastic waste get dumped into our oceans every year, despoiling not only coastlines but triggering the agglomeration of vast islands of trash driven by the ocean...