{"id":10937,"date":"2022-05-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/?p=10937"},"modified":"2025-02-04T03:40:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T03:40:01","slug":"the-ocean-clean-up-chaophraya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/th\/2022\/05\/10\/the-ocean-clean-up-chaophraya\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chao Phraya River is Getting a Makeover by The Ocean Cleanup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of marine mammals are killed each year by plastic in our oceans\u2014and it\u2019s up to all of us to solve the problem<\/h3>\n

The Chao Phraya River is about to host the largest effort in history by The Ocean Cleanup. The global non-profit, based in the Netherlands, develops and scales technologies to rid the world’s waters of plastic.  <\/p>\n

Each year, millions of tons of plastic end up in our oceans, arriving there via rivers and canals. Plastic makes up 80% of marine debris, and severely impacts marine ecosystems. Estimates put the current volume of plastic in the ocean at over five trillion pieces—which will take more than 450 years to clear naturally by breaking down. With the help of The Ocean Cleanup, oceans and rivers around the world are getting a head start.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Dutch firm aims to clean up 90% of ocean plastics, and are focussing on the world’s 1,000 most-polluting rivers. The mastermind behind all this is Dutch inventor Boyan Slat<\/a>, who founded The Ocean Cleanup back in 2013 at age 18. You may recognize the young entrepreneur from his viral Ted Talk appearances.<\/span><\/p>\n