Meet the Pixie drone – its manufacturer says it can patrol rivers, lakes or the sea for up to six hours, swallowing plastic waste as it goes. It is one of Italy’s weapons in the fight against plastic waste that has been polluting land and sea, and putting public safety and environmental health at ever-increasing risk.
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