Watch: Netizens are impressed with this beach cleaning machine

A video of one such machine in action was posted online by popular Instagram account @hergun1insaat. The undated video was simply titled, “coastal beach cleaning process…”

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Commenting on it, an Instagram user wrote, “the best thing that people have come up with is the mechanization of work👏”. Another person wrote, “What a principle but just imagine educating people not to pollute from a young age.”

While many people appreciated this machine’s use, many people wondered if this mass-scale cleaning would mean that shells would also be picked up alongside plastic waste. Many small sea creatures like hermit crabs use abandoned shells for their protection. Echoing this concern, an Instagram user wrote, “And what about all the shells? 😐”.