Martin Alvsvag's Contact Details

Martin Alvsvag's Company Details

Rivers.Global

Sarpsborg, Østfold, Norway • 1 Employees
Nonprofit Organization Management

Every minute rivers in Central and South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, and not least southeast Asia supply the ocean with tons of plastics and other waste. We have to do something about this, and we should focus on tackling ocean pollution closer to the source. If all the sinks in your house are clogged and all the taps are running with full pressure, it doesn't help much to clean the basement floor with a rag. We see time and again that large and expensive clean-up operations far offshore have very limited effect. Effective clean-up operations of plastics take place where there's a lot of plastic and where it's easy to get hold of it. On-shore and near-shore operations can be very effective in getting those running taps closed.