"We are convinced there is more than enough plastic in our world and we should take what already exists," said Marc Krebs, a co-founder of Tide.
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(FILES) This photograph taken on September 24, 2024, shows a Moken fisherman (C) carrying bags of plastic waste to sell to Tide staff members at his fishing village on Thailand's southern island of Koh Chang in Ranong province. Plastic pollution litters our seas, our air and even our bodies, but negotiators face an uphill battle next week to agree the world's first treaty aimed at ending the problem. Countries will have a week in South Korea's Busan from November 25, to round off two years of negotiations. MANAN VATSYAYANA / AFP
2024-11-27 10:50:54
As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares -- not seafood, but plastic.
The villagers, members of the semi-nomadic Moken people, are selling to Tide, a start-up attempting to create new value from old plastic collected from or near the sea.
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