Did you know that 80% of ocean plastic pollution comes from land-based sources and most of it enters our oceans via river systems?

Wait… What? Yes, crazy right? When it rains or is windy the plastic on our streets, drains and creeks makes its way into our rivers and then out to sea.

But what if there is a way to remove the plastic from the rivers before it enters our oceans?

The team at Bamboo and Think Ocean has been working on this problem and we have found an innovative solution.

How do you ask? It involves setting a big trap!

The initial testing of this system in rivers in Australia, the USA, and Nigeria has produced some amazing results.

• The system captures 95% of plastic waste and prevents it from entering the ocean.
• The plastic can be recycled because it hasn’t started breaking down.
• It doesn’t impede natural flow or endanger fish and wildlife.

But we need your help! Our dream is to deploy these systems at scale onto the major rivers that contribute to the majority of the plastic in our oceans.

The rivers are the Yangtze, Yellow, Hai, Pearl, Amur, Mekong, Indus and Ganges Delta in Asia, and the Niger and Nile in Africa.

The first one on our list is the mighty Mekong river. The river starts in China and flows through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and out to sea.

Will you help us? We need to raise US$50,000 to deploy the first demo unit on the Mekong river.

Once we have the system in operation we will be able to provide it as a case study to large funders to scale the project.

A future without our oceans and wildlife choking in plastic is actually possible… and with your help, we can make it a reality!

Ok, so what can I do?

Firstly share this page! We need your help to get the word out.

Secondly, donate! 100% of all money donated goes to the project. In fact thanks to our friends at the travel company Bamboo. Your donation will be matched so you can double your impact.

Your Impact:

> Give $50 and we will receive $100 allowing us to pull 100 pounds (45 kg) of plastic from our rivers before it hits the ocean.

> Give $250 and we will receive $500 allowing us to pull 500 pounds (225 kg) of plastic from our rivers before it hits the ocean.

> Give $500 and we will receive $1000 allowing us to pull 1000 pounds (450 kg) of plastic from our rivers before it hits the ocean.

Once the system is deployed you will be able to view it in action via our live camera feed.

Can we do this?

Please share this page with ALL your contacts and let's give our turtles and whales a future without plastic :-)

Thank you for support.

Colin Salisbury

" No water, no life. No blue, no green. " — Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer