Indonesia signs new agreement with Netherlands and The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup Nov 15 12:38 UTC
Interceptor 001 in Jakarta © The Ocean Cleanup
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Indonesia has an ambitious goal to reduce marine plastic litter by 70% by 2025. One strategy to reach that goal is to use technology to prevent waste from escaping from land, through rivers and into the ocean.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Maritime Investment Coordination, the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management and Ocean Cleanup, an international non-profit project developing and scaling up technology to remove plastic from the oceans, today signed a joint declaration. did. The purpose is to expand river cleaning activities in Indonesia.
Following the expiry of the agreement signed on July 12, 2017 between the Ministry of Maritime Coordination of the Republic of Indonesia and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment of the Netherlands for a pilot project for river purification in the Jakarta region, other existing agreements between the two countries have been terminated. After due consideration and taking into account the positive results of the joint research project with Interceptor 001 in Jakarta, both government agencies have approved the deployment of a river purification system in Indonesia by The Ocean Cleanup.
Ocean Cleanup has received support from national, regional and local governments, international organizations and third parties including the private sector and potential funders to achieve its goal of deploying additional interceptor solutions in the Republic of Indonesia. ask for
For each river purification system, implementation arrangements will be discussed and agreed upon between relevant implementing agencies.
“Marine plastic litter is our common enemy. Polluted rivers are the source of plastic litter into the ocean. We need an integrated solution,” said Coordinating Minister for Marine Affairs Luhut. Administration and Investment in Indonesia.
Boyan Slat, Founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, said: “With dozens of target rivers in Indonesia aiming to deploy interceptors, this approval provides essential backing for our initiative.”
Lambert Grins, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Indonesia, said: “Despite the sheer scale of the plastics problem, advocating for these innovative solutions and partnerships will make it possible for us to work together to finally solve this problem and benefit everyone.” It gives me hope that it can be done.”
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