Anna Clerici is one of the founders of the No-Trash Triangle Initiative

Anna Cler­ici

Anna Clerici

Anna Cler­ici is one of the founders of the No-Trash Tri­angle Ini­ti­at­ive, a pro­ject ded­ic­ated to tack­ling plastic waste in the Cor­al Tri­angle. Based in Indone­sia for nearly a dec­ade, she has turned her love for the ocean into a mis­sion to pro­tect it.

Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so


Can the tide of ocean plastic be stopped? The No-Trash Triangle Initiative thinks so. Photo by Ezra Kaunang for NTTI

Per­haps 80% of the plastic in our oceans gets there via rivers. In Man­ado, Indone­sia the grass­roots No-Trash River pro­ject uses simple bar­ri­ers to catch plastic waste, pre­vent­ing it from reach­ing the Bunaken Mar­ine Park and spoil­ing its dive tour­ism hotspots.

Learn more from Anna Cler­ici, co-founder of the No-Trash Tri­angle Ini­ti­at­ive which is an EXO Found­a­tion Sus­tain­ab­il­ity Award winner.

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