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15 Aug 2022 4:30

Sungai Watch - Taking Action on Plastic Waste

In January, we donated £4,000 to Sungai Watch, a great local NGO in Bali which build river barriers to stop plastic flowing into the oceans. The waste is collected and sorted every week, providing employment to local villagers. Sungai Watch even collects and analyses the brand labels of the plastic, writing to the worst offending companies to show them what harm they are doing to the planet.

Indonesia is the 2nd largest plastic polluter to the oceans after China. Sungai Watch has installed 145 barriers so far, and performed over 250 community clear-ups where canals, beaches or villages have been inundated with plastic waste. This could be a fantastic template for similar projects across the world. Learn more, see their brilliant photos and videos, help with funding, maybe even fund a barrier yourself: www.sungai.watch.

Shared Earth Director Yuli Sjahlendra applies our logo to the barrier

In the first 4 months, 1,700 kg of plastic was collected in our barrier

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