Garbage collection apparatus

Garbage collection apparatus for the collection of plastic and other debris from a surface of a waterbody, which garbage collection apparatus comprises a base and a beam mounted pivotally around an axis on a tower, where said beam is mounted displaceably in a vertical direction on the base, where said beam comprises an underside, a front and a back, where said beam on an underside comprises a collection device for collecting plastic floating on the surface of the waterbody, which collection device extends downwards from the beam and in use into the water, which collection device comprises bars and/or a mesh for skimming plastic and other floating debris from the surface of the waterbody, where said garbage collection apparatus comprises a first actuator displacing the beam in or into vertical direction, where said collection device is connected pivotably to the beam and where a rotation axis of the collection device relative to the beam is parallel to a main axis of the beam, wherein said main axis is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the horizontal beam;

• where the garbage collection apparatus comprises a controller;
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• wherein the garbage collection apparatus further comprises a device on the beam, which device transports collected debris along the beam to a collection point.