Event Business Breakfast: Water & The Circular Economy. The Future Economy Network is thrilled to be co-hosting this event with PwC UK, we will be welcoming representatives from Bristol Water, subscribers Halcyan Water Conditioners and IWS Design Lim…
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Jennifer A Adams looks at the sustainability and resilience of infrastructure and other areas in rural america…
On almost any given Saturday, just as the sun peeks over the horizon deep in southern Thailand, entrepreneur Nattapong Nithi-Uthai can be found at perhaps the best spot in town to watch the Pattani river slowly flow into the Gulf of Siam.
It has the makings of a beautiful spot, but Nithi-Uthai isn’t there to take in the view. He and some dedicated friends go to pick up trash, endless loads of it heaped on the banks. The group first selected this site in 2016 for its natural beauty and immediately set out to remove a mound of garbage dumped there by local restaurants.
“We actually took three months to get rid of that. It was full of maggots and everything. It was real trash, not ocean trash. You cry because it’s too much,” Nithi-Uthai told the Globe. “The point when you clean maggots out of a mountain of trash, something happens inside of you.”
Read the full article at: southeastasiaglobe.com
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