Most of the world’s ocean plastics from 10 rivers
RiverRecycle says it recognises that hauling plastic out of rivers is only the first stage of a much wider process.
As well as helping communities effectively manage plastic waste, it says its technology can offer safe and fair work and help to stimulate the economy by involving companies who will buy the end products of the river cleaning and recycling system.
RiverRecycle’s projects include a facility on the Mithi River in Mumbai, India.
Plastic collected from the river is fed into a chemical recycling facility, creating value from waste that would otherwise end up in the ocean or the local environment.
Lisa was born in Auckland at the start of the 1970s, living in a small campsite community on the North Shore called Browns Bay. She spent a significant part of her life with her grandparents, often hanging out at the beaches. Lisa has many happy memories from those days at Browns Bay beach, where fish were plentiful on the point and the ocean was rich in seaweed. She played in the water for hours, going home totally “sun-kissed.” “An adorable time to grow up,” Lisa tells me.
Lisa enjoyed many sports; she was a keen tennis player and netballer, playing in the top teams for her age right up until the family moved to Wellington. Lisa was fifteen years old, which unfortunately marked the end of her sporting career. Local teams were well established in Wellington, and her attention was drawn elsewhere.