A floating rubbish bin that acts like a vacuum for the ocean is sucking up litter in WA for the first time.

To cut down on rubbish polluting the marina at Port Coogee, the City of Cockburn has become the first council in the state to install the unique ocean bin that received international attention in 2015.

Created by Perth surfers Andrew Turton and Pete Ceglinski, the Seabin prototype designed to help reduce pollution in oceans made global headlines four years ago, after which a triumphant crowd-funding campaign allowed for the device to be produced commercially.

The first council to buy one of the $5750 units, the City of Cockburn, installed its Seabin at the Port Coogee Marina late last month, where it is now attached to a floating jetty in the northern corner of the marina near Dome Cafe.

It is understood the device trapped more than 10 different types of plastic in its first week.

City of Cockburn waste education officer Nicki Ledger said the unit, which is also capable of collecting some oils and pollutants floating on the water’s surface, was part of an ongoing litter education campaign at the marina.

“This unit will not solve the litter problem,” she said.

“Installing the unit is part of a trial to gauge its success, but it is not the solution.

“People are the solution – bin your rubbish.”

She said the unit would be checked daily and emptied regularly by marina staff, with want as much of its contents as possible recycled.

Port Coogee Marina manager Samantha Standish said the Seabin would help keep the marina’s waters environmentally friendly.

“Rubbish blows in from surrounding areas and gets trapped in the north eastern area of the marina, which is where the Seabin is located,” she said.

“What is more encouraging is that the Seabin is also able to catch all the rubbish we can’t see, such as micro plastics up to 2mm in size.

“It’s great to be doing something so positive for our marina environment and we would encourage other marinas, yacht clubs and agencies managing calm water areas to look into how this product could help them too.”