Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, visited the sites of operational and upcoming river Interceptor™ projects in Vietnam and Thailand in April 2022 to build awareness of his non-profit’s vision, it’s global partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, and to secure additional stakeholder and investor support. As a global implementation partner, Coca-Cola is leveraging its scale and network to help The Ocean Cleanup trial and validate its portfolio of Interceptor solutions to help stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans. The partnership is working to…
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The Coca-Cola Company Partners with The Ocean Cleanup to Tackle Plastic Pollution in Vietnam
The Ocean Cleanup recently launched its Interceptor™ Original trash collection system for testing in the Can Tho River in Vietnam, one of 15 major rivers where the solar-powered solutions will be deployed as part of a global partnership with The Coca-Cola Company. The partnership aims to help stem the tide of marine waste by deploying projects to intercept plastic debris in primary waterways before it can reach the ocean. Alongside a deployment in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, the Can Tho River in the Mekong Delta is one of the first…
Read MoreThe Ocean Cleanup and The Coca-Cola Company Announce New Partnership
The Coca-Cola Company and The Ocean Cleanup have announced that Coca-Cola will become a Global Implementation Partner for The Ocean Cleanup’s river project. The unique partnership brings the international company and technological non-profit together behind a clear objective: to stem the tide of plastic pollution entering the world’s oceans, by first intercepting waste in rivers. Partnering Coca-Cola’s scale and global network with The Ocean Cleanup’s technology and data solutions, the initiative will help to expedite the deployment of cleanup systems across fifteen rivers around the world over the next 18…
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