On February 18th at the Fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly: Tackling Plastic waste through the Basel Convention, CLEAR RIVERS presented its new project in Vietnam aimed at enhancing the circular economy and recycling potential of Can Tho.
The project will start in the second half of 2021.
Large scale educational program started in the Netherlands. CLEAR RIVERS is currently collaborating with six high schools to challenge 500 students to come with innovative ideas to improve our Litter Traps. The collaboration supports technical education and creates awareness about plastic pollution. The students will work in teams and challenge each other to come up with the best proposals. The finalists will test their prototype in the largest Makers Space of the Netherlands under the guidance of students of the Rotterdam University. The winning team will have their proposal exhibited in the Rotterdam Maritime Museum.
CLEAR RIVERS works on education to create more awareness and knowledge about plastic pollution and its solutions. New generations are educated to prevent and solve the issues of marine litter.
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On the 26th of January CLEAR RIVERS, together with its consortium partners, will present its project at the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021.
We are part of the consortium winner of the Agro-Water Competition, for the category Flood Based Systems, organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vietnam.
The feasibility study, that the consortium is carrying out at the moment, aims at looking into how marine plastic litter could be recycled and turned into floating platforms for agricultural purposes and water storage in flood and drought-prone areas such as the Mekong Delta as a tool to enhance farmers’ livelihood, combat climate change and reduce plastic pollution.
Here is the video interview of CLEAR RIVERS and its consortium partners, HZ University of Applied Sciences, the Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED), Kim Delta T&C, Can Tho University, and HAN University of Applied Sciences, for the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021.
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