Smiling young volunteers collecting plastic into woven sacks on a tropical beach at sunset with longtail boats behind.
Illustrative demo

Sunrise sweeps on a Southeast Asian beach

Coastal village, Southeast Asia (illustrative)

Profile

Mai (illustrative)

University volunteer

“Everyone here grew up on this sand. It's ours to look after.”

Innovations

  • ✦ Reused rice sacks as collection bags
  • ✦ Fishers report drift lines by text
  • ✦ Buy-back partnership for clean bottles

Repeatable playbook

  1. 1

    Go with the tide

    Low tide reveals the most debris; check local tide tables.

  2. 2

    Include fishers

    They know where trash washes up and when.

  3. 3

    Close the loop

    Find a collector who accepts sorted plastic.

Sources & evidence

Demo story: Fictional example.

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