A bottle dropped on land doesn't necessarily stay on land.
A bottle dropped on land doesn't necessarily stay on land.
1.
Rain carries it into drains.
2.
Drains feed waterways.
3.
Rivers carry plastic downstream.
4.
Eventually, the ocean becomes the final destination.
By the time plastic reaches the sea, recovery becomes harder, more expensive, and more difficult to control.
By the time plastic reaches the sea, recovery becomes harder, more expensive, and more difficult to control.
So what if we could stop it earlier?
We're raising US$50,000
to deploy and operate a new river barrier that will help plastic waste before it continues downstream and becomes marine pollution.
to deploy and operate a new river barrier that will help plastic waste before it continues downstream and becomes marine pollution.
We're raising money to deploy and operate a new river barrier that will help plastic waste before it continues downstream and becomes marine pollution.
We're raising money to deploy and operate a new river barrier that will help plastic waste before it continues downstream and becomes marine pollution.
But a river barrier doesn't work by itself. It needs:
But a river barrier doesn't work by itself. It needs:
people
monitoring
collection
sorting
Your funding covers
1.
Production and installation
2.
Daily waste collection from the barrier
3.
Location permit
4.
Production AND Collection crew
5.
Community and stakeholder management
You're contribution will support the system that gives that infrastructure a purpose.
You're contribution will support the system that gives that infrastructure a purpose.
And that's why we need your support. You're not simply funding a piece of infrastructure. You're helping fund the system that gives that infrastructure a purpose.
