Lo Bro's collects one million bottles worth of plastic from Indonesian seabed

Sources have confirmed the removal of 34,000kg of plastic from the ocean, equal to one million plastic bottles, a recovery of mammoth size. It can all be attributed to Lo Bro's declaration of removing two plastic bottles from the seabed per Not Soda can sold.

In a joint effort by Lo Bro's and Seven Clean Seas, the removal of 34,000kg of waste plastic from the coasts of Batam and Bintan, located within Indonesian borders, was possible.

These islands are among some of the most densely populated zones on the planet, and it does not have a potent infrastructure to facilitate proper recycling of waste materials. This is where organisations like Seven Clean Seas come into play, propelling a fundamental cleaning of mother earth to keep it habitable in the foreseeable future.

Seven Clean Sea's Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is responsible for recycling the sourced plastic and sending it back to the material loop with some of the minor adjustments needed.

The owners of Not Soda announced last year how they were committed to bringing change in the ecology, and this year their ideas have proven to bring change in the circular economy.

The company's initiative to remove 170,000kg of ocean plastic, equivalent to 5 million plastic bottles, from the seas by 2025 will be realised sooner if the conglomeration can keep up the healthy pace.

The weight of a 375ml plastic bottle is approximately 15 grams, which means for every 375ml Not Soda aluminium can sold, 34 grams of plastic is being removed from the sea.

It's alarming to hear that up to 34 billion plastic bottles are dumped in the ocean each year. It's a relief to know that 75 per cent of all beverage aluminium cans are collected for recycling in Australia.

Unlike plastic which can only be recycled one to three times before it loses all its properties, aluminium is infinitely recyclable. Plastic pollution is extremely harmful to our ecosystem. According to a recent report in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, an estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are now floating in the world's oceans, an increase from 16 trillion pieces in 2005. Scientists have warned it could nearly triple by 2040 if no action is taken. We must all do our part to combat this issue and protect our planet.

The clean-up effort by Lo Bro's and Seven Clean Seas has also opened multiple opportunities for the local crowd, who could now earn fair wages by participating in a sustainability drive.

source https://www.alcircle.com/news/lo-bro-s-collects-one-million-bottles-worth-of-plastic-from-indonesian-seabed-93730