'Game-changing' Portsmouth plastic app is launched

Jetsam, developed by Company of Makers, Maker’s Guild and Hack Pompey, has been officially launched at the Festival of The Sea in Southsea.

The app allows people to take photographs of plastic waste as it washes up on the shoreline, which will then be used to predict where and when it could wash up in the future.

This means it could be intercepted and greatly reduce the plastic rubbish on our beaches.

But for the app to be a success, people need to be downloading and using it.

Now, Portsmouth South MP Stephen Morgan has urged people to get involved and do their bit.

He said: ‘Storms Ciara and Dennis battering our shores over recent days have reminded us all of the plastic pollution which blights our oceans and our shoreline.

‘The Jetsam app helps raise awareness in our community about the need to drastically cut single-use waste and reminds everyone there’s something each and every one of us can do to clean up our environment.

‘We can’t just forget about plastic once it’s rehidden in the ocean.

‘I want to thank Steve Bomford and team for coming up with this initiative idea and making this app – with Jetsam, people in our city have the opportunity to do their bit, and bring about positive change.’

Jetsam is available on the Apple Store and Google Play, and is free to download.