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  Bocas Recycle Center

  Bocas del Toro, Panama

  Local recycling company in Bocas del Toro, Panama, that collects plastics, cardboard, cartons, cans and glass, and is partnering with One Earth One Ocean and Seas & Straws to add ocean plastic recovery.

  Collection and recyclingRiver and ocean interception
• Research

  More than 1000 rivers account for 80% of global riverine plastic emissions into the ocean

  Meijer, L. et al. | Science Advances | 2021

  Showed that plastic comes from many small and medium rivers, not just a handful of large ones, which shapes where interceptors and collection should go.

  Research and scienceRiver and ocean interception
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  One Earth One Ocean

  Munich and Kiel, Germany | Founded 2011

  German nonprofit that builds its own waste-collecting boats and runs local collection and sorting teams to clear plastic from rivers, harbours and coasts.

  Collection and recyclingEducation and communityRiver and ocean interception
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  Clean Up Australia

  Sydney, Australia | Founded 1989

  Founded by Ian Kiernan in 1989, Clean Up Australia Day brings communities, schools, businesses and Rotary clubs together each year to clear litter, much of it plastic, from parks, beaches and waterways.

  Education and communityRiver and ocean interception