A new record for reclaiming plastic dumped in the world's oceans has been set by The Ocean Cleanup, a global partner of the Kia car company, writes Brian Byrne.
Some 55 tons of ocean plastic from the 1.6 million square kilometre Great Pacific Garbage Patch has been delivered to Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada. The plastics will be recycled with a proportion to be used in future Kia models.
The GPGP is a 1.6-million-square kilometre area of plastic refuse and The Ocean Cleanup is scaling up its mission to remove 90pc of floating ocean plastic by 2040.
Kia is committed to more a than 20pc increase in plastic reuse by 2030 and achievement of carbon neutrality by 2045.
