> the organization plans to continue operations with help from the proceeds of recycled plastic.
That's not going to work. The proceeds from recycling the plastic aren't even going to pay for recycling the plastic.
That's not going to work. The proceeds from recycling the plastic aren't even going to pay for recycling the plastic.
I don't think that such a bad idea actually.
https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/adidas-shoes-made-f...
Clearly they’re not going to turn all the ocean plastic into flip flops, or anything necessarily, but multiple options do need to be explored.
Amazing that nay sayers seem to manage to write off the whole problem with nitpicks at minor or temporary aspects of actual attempts to do something about it. Early attempts at green energy largely failed, often having carbon footprints and costs greater than conventional approaches, but without all that work we’d never tackle the problem. You have to start somewhere.
What they are collecting is partially broken down by ocean salts and UV light, and has absorbed contaminants (a lot of these plastics are actually from fishing equipment, but the post-consumer component largely enters the ocean via some exceptionally polluted river systems). These are going to be small and unmarked plastic pieces, you would need spectrographic analysis on each piece to determine the type of plastic before it could be recycled.
Also, how many thousands of tones of souvenirs can someone sell? :P