It’s all about stopping the flow of plastic into the marine environment.
Plastic Bank uses blockchain and cryptocurrency technology to give people living in impoverished areas an incentive to recycle.
The world’s oceans are awash in plastic, and the problem is only getting worse. Each year, 8 million metric tons of plastic debris ends up in the oceans, and that’s on top of the 150 million metric tons already in marine environments. The debris ensnares seabirds, starves whales and infiltrates the entire marine food chain — including humans, too, when we eat seafood.
Continue reading… “Ocean plastic is a huge problem. Blockchain could be part of the solution.”
