The Beach Cleaner Project focuses on developing a lightweight, practical, and affordable tool designed to clean beaches efficiently from plastics, general debris and natural material, without compromising the natural environment. The aim is to create a user-friendly solution that allows anyone to maintain coastal areas and beachfront properties, such as hotels and beach clubs in a clean, guest-ready condition without relying on heavy machinery or high operational costs.
This initiative brings innovation, environmental care, and functional design. The project explores material selection, power systems, structural engineering, weight distribution, and ergonomics to build a tool that is simple to operate yet highly effective in daily beach maintenance.
The Beach Cleaner Project represents an opportunity to contribute to meaningful environmental improvement while developing a tool that can support communities, properties, and coastal destinations in maintaining cleaner, safer, and more welcoming shorelines.
Once completed, the tool will be made commercially accessible to help simplify beach cleaning for everyone, especially in developing countries, where beaches are increasingly affected by pollution and where cost-effective solutions are urgently needed. The project aims to empower communities by offering a sustainable, low-cost option to protect and preserve their coastlines.
Contacts: francesco.braghin@polimi.it