The tide on plastic with reusable bottles and youth education
For Clare Thomson, ex-pat, teacher, and founding father of UK-registered charity WA CUP, that moment got here in 2017 within the coastal Vietnamese metropolis of Phan Thiet, her domestic earlier than transferring to Phuket in 2018. A keen surfer, Clare might often head to nearby Mui Ne Beach after faculty, joining several kitesurfers and kayakers taking advantage of the white sands and sturdy winds. But as the tides changed, waves of plastic rolled in, spilling huge amounts of debris throughout the seaside.
These waves added Clare a fewaspect else, too: the uncomfortable realisation that her unmarried-use plastics have been headed for the equal aquatic fate. Subsequent studies into answers spotlighted a gap within the market for a reusable bottle but with an educational motion at p...