Building materials group Kingspan has announced a multi-year partnership with Seven Clean Seas, an ocean impact organisation.
The collaboration looks to tackle ocean bound plastic pollution and enable the recycling of recovered materials in community projects.
Through the partnership, Seven Clean Seas will expand on its work in Indonesia and Thailand, with Kingspan supporting over the three-year period.
The initiative includes installing river barriers in both regions to prevent plastic leakage into the ocean, re-roofing a community school in Batam using recycled ocean plastic, and supporting ongoing recovery operations targeting the removal of 119,126 kg of marine plastic from the environment.
"Our partnership with Seven Clean Seas reflects a shared commitment to reducing ocean plastic pollution," said Holly Loughman, Head of Sustainability at Kingspan.
"Over the next three years, we aim not only to prevent plastic waste from flowing into the ocean in these regions but also to build lasting waste management infrastructure that will continue to support the local communities beyond the partnership.
"We are delighted to collaborate with an organisation that shares our commitment to creating lasting improvements for these communities," she added.
