Solar Beach-Cleaning Robot Unveiled at South Lake Tahoe
Paula Peterson, South Tahoe Now
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif., June 15, 2022, 20:31 — Beach clean-ups have become common place around Lake Tahoe in order to pick up trash left behind before it makes its way into the crystal blue water.
There is an innovative cleaning tool being added to efforts this summer – BEBOT, the all-electric, remote control beach-cleaning robot that is solar and battery-powered.
Two South Lake Tahoe men, JT Chevallier and JB Harris founded ECO-CLEAN Solutions after being frustrated with trash and searching for a way to clean beaches without doing more harm.
They found BEBOT in France in 2021 at a company called Seariel Cleaners. The French company specializes in innovative products including bubble barriers and fixed and mobile waster collectors.
Harris and Chevallier are childhood friends who were raised in Las Vegas before moving to Lake Tahoe, and now they are partners in their new company.
They took BEBOT to Florida and tested it out to see if effective. The machine can be used in turtle nesting areas while still being effective in cleaning beaches.
Now BEBOT is in South Lake Tahoe (there will be a contest to give it a new name).
BEBOT moves along the sand and can dig down four inches to […]