The Maldives Plastic Warriors
Parley for the Oceans has been collecting and shipping plastic from the Maldives.
27 May 2019, 9:00 AM
The white sacks are neatly lined at the harbour in Kaafu Atoll Guraidhoo. Like the people milling about waiting for their boat, the sacks are also waiting to be picked up. Further inland identical sacks are lined in the school compound. The sacks filled with plastic bottles with ‘Parley’ emblazoned on their sides are a familiar scene around the Maldives now.
Plastic that years ago would have littered the beaches and polluted the sea now gets collected, sorted and shipped abroad to find a new lease of life as designer wear.
Since launching around two and a half years ago, environmental NGO Parley for the Oceans has found willing partners in local communities. “We have partnered with 64 islands and around 76 schools to collect plastic,” says Shaahina Ali, managing director of Parley Maldives.
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