One month of CLEAR RIVERS' Litter Trap in Zwolle!

CLEAR RIVERS started a new pilot project in Overijssel with the aim of preventing the plastic from entering the Ijsselmeer first and, later, from reaching the North Sea.

The Litter Trap has been successfully retrieving waste from the river for a month now.

CLEAR RIVERS' team is monitoring and emptying the Litter Trap weekly, keeping track of the different type and amounts of waste collected. The plastic litter will be analyzed for quantity, composition and type of plastic.

But the pilot doesn't end with the retrieval of the plastic:

A fundamental part of the project is the recycling. Researches will be done in order to recycle as much as possible of the collected material.

The pilot is a CLEAR RIVERS’ initiative, supported by the Provincie Overijssel, the Gemeente Zwolle, SC Johnson, Rijkswaterstaat and ENGIE. Various partners are participating in the pilot, such as Saxion University of Applied Sciences, Windesheim, OOZ, Natuur & Milieu.

We are looking forward to delivering the first results and insights of the pilot project.

#circulareconomy #sustainable #zwolle #education #awareness #plasticfreeseas #recycling

Update from our Litter Traps in Borneo

Here a quick update from our two Litter Traps on Borneo Island, Malaysia.

In Sandakan, CLEAR RIVERS is learning, exploring and improving its floating devices to collect plastic from the ocean.

Active in the water for nine months, the two litter traps have collected almost 1 ton of plastic pollution!

Currently still in the water, despite the negative consequences of the pandemic and several lockdowns that affected the country, the litter traps are still retrieving plastic from the ocean daily.

After almost a year of testing and monitoring, the Litter Traps urgently need some maintenance due to the monsoon season. Would you like to help us improving the collection of plastic pollution? You can donate in the donate page and, together, we will keep catching plastic!

We are very proud of the impact of the Litter Traps and the amazing work done every day by our partners @futurealamborneo.

Together we are acting towards a plastic-free sea!

One Young World Summit 2021

Recently CLEAR RIVERS' Project Manager Francesca Alberti attended the One Young World Summit 2021 in Munich and spread the word about CLEAR RIVERS’ projects during a powerful global forum of young leaders. In a place full of #ideas and #entrepreneurialism, one of the best think-tank imaginable, Francesca had the chance to share CLEAR RIVERS’ goals and mission, while discussing our approach with people from every corner of the #world: a #network of leaders coming together to discuss the most pressing issues of our time, among which the plastic pollution problem. Learning from the experience and feeling the enthusiasm of other people working towards the same goal, inspired us and pushes us to keep trying. CLEAR RIVERS is looking forward to collaborating. We believe that #together we can make a bigger #impact, together we can act towards a #plastic free sea! #packmaso #OYW2021 #sustainable #plasticfree #future