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International Business Times
International Business Times
Business
Sara HUSSEIN

'New Wave' As Start-up Sweeps Up Thai Ocean Plastic

A Moken fisherman carries bags of plastic waste to sell to Tide staff members at his fishing village on Thailand's southern island of Koh Chang (Credit: AFP)

As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their wares -- not seafood, but plastic.

The villagers, members of the semi-nomadic Moken people, are selling to Tide, a start-up attempting to create new value from old plastic collected from or near the sea.

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