Finnish startup turns Asia river plastic waste into building boards

RiverRecycle picks Philippine, Indian scrap to make plywood, fiberboard substitute

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A worker uses a net to pick out plastic waste from a heavily-polluted river (Courtesy of RiverRecycle)

JENS KASTNER

MANILA/HAMBURG, Germany -- Like a big fishing net, RiverRecycle's trash booms are sieving through Philippine rivers to catch plastic waste. The Finnish startup believes there will be more plastic than fish in oceans in weight terms by 2050.

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