DEVELOPMENT OF RIVER TRASH COLLECTOR SYSTEM

Abstract

Abstract Protecting environment from various sources of pollution is imperative to ensure the sustainability of the earth. Water pollution has also become one of the significant issues due to increasing water-related activities such as transportation, fisheries, entertainment and many others. It threatens the well-being and prosperity of human and nature as well as the quality of water in the surrounding. This project of River Trash Collector System (RTCS) is to develop a system that can remove floating trash, oil, fuel, and detergents from the water to resolve water pollution problem so that would not threaten Malacca River the as one of the main tourist attraction to Malacca and it is marine life. The threats faced by marine life and surrounding particularly in the Malacca River may appear to be overpowering. The design is based on Solidwork design platform and using Rapid Prototyping to fabricate prototype scale model of a physical part or assembly using threedimensional computer-aided design (CAD) system. At the end of this research, a fully functional trash collector is expected to be operating along the shoreline of Malacca River to clean up debris. This developed RTCS will further benefit especially for Malacca River in resolving the water pollution issues.