{
  "id": 13172087,
  "title": "Could This Dutch Invention Help Tackle Plastic Pollution in America's Waterways?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/could-this-dutch-invention-help-tackle-plastic-pollution-in-americas",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-09T17:49:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Smithsonian",
    "slug": "smithsonian",
    "url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/could-this-dutch-invention-help-tackle-plastic-pollution-in-americas-waterways-180989651/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Netherlands has had success with the Bubble Barrier, which pumps air bubbles from the bottom of a canal or river to direct plastic to the surface. Now, Lansing, Michigan, is looking to be the first to install the technology stateside",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}