Koh Tao Clean Up
Fundraising campaign by
Koh Tao Clean Up
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฿31,300raised of ฿1,000,000.00 goal goal
The Problem: Plastic in the Ocean
Plastic in the oceans harms fisheries, aquaculture, tourism, and all of humanity on a global scale.
- Plastic in the ocean harms over 600 marine and avian species who can mistake it for food or become entangled in the debris.
- Trash on the coastline specifically poses a significant threat, as a majority of marine animals live very close to shores and nearby reefs.
- Pollutants in the ocean release toxins that poison the entire food web, humans included.
What’s Koh Tao got to do with ocean plastic?
- Waste from all over SE Asia enters waterways and ends up floating through the Gulf of Thailand.
- Koh Tao is the first island to intercept much of this trash as it travels out to the ocean.
- Thousands of kilograms of trash already fill the gaps of Koh Tao’s rocky shores, with more coming each day.
- Koh Tao may be a little island, but it will soon set the standard for how to use ocean plastic to build a sustainable future
The Solution: Clean Up, Upcycle, and Educate
Koh Tao Clean Up
Koh Tao Clean Up is a group of like-minded volunteers who believe in a sustainable future for Koh Tao’s shorelines, economy, tourism, buildings, and waste management. The mission of Koh Tao Clean Up is to transform Koh Tao by CLEANING UP the ocean plastic that litters its shores, UPCYCLING the collected trash into usable items, and EDUCATING about the impact plastic has on our planet and all living things.
Clean Up
- Continue to run clean up events every week along Koh Tao’s shoreline. So far, over 1000 bags of trash have been removed!
- Partner with local dive shops to clean reefs
- Sort collected trash for recycling and upcycling purposes
- Work within the tourism industry and local business to build and incentivize a strong volunteer-based service
Upcycle
- Koh Tao Clean Up is working with the local government to create a recycling management program and recycling plant for the island.
- Part of the recycling program will model Precious Plastic, a company that upcycles plastics into many useful items such as building materials, furniture, road tiles, buoys, bins, art, etc.
- Koh Tao Clean Up is partnering with other local groups to upcycle fishing nets and rope, flip flops, and other common trash items found along Koh Tao’s shores.
Educate
- Koh Tao Clean Up is working with the local government to inform local business practices about our plastic crisis and need for more sustainable practices
- One man’s trash is another man’s treasure! The upcycling plant will create a local economy for collecting and upcycling ocean plastic.
- We will engage locals and visitors alike through events, art, informational material, etc about how and why we should preserve Koh Tao for generations to come
We Need Your Help!
Our vision is big, but together we can achieve it.
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Here is What Your Donation Can Buy (in Thai baht):
1000 Thai Baht (THB) is approximately: 25 Pound / 32 USD / 27 Euro / 220 Yuan / 3300 Yen / 167 Real
300: five packs of XL trash bags, usually enough for one clean up
500: cost for supplies to run a booth at a big event
1500: fuel and boat captain cost for one clean up event
3000: a comprehensive first aid kit
10k: a quality tool kit for clean ups including shovels, knives, and sieves
15k: a cordless outdoor vacuum clean for microplastics and Styrofoam particles
77k: one shredder machine kit for the upcycling plant
100k: one extrusion machine kit for the upcycling plant
For the love of Koh Tao, we thank you for contributing to our campaign and sharing our mission with your networks.
Fundraising Team
- Koh Tao Clean Up
- Volunteer
- Koh Tao, TH
- Katie D
- Fundraiser
- Dree Ziegler
- Fundraiser
- Koh Tao, TH
- Steve Hart
- Organizer
- OXFORD, UK
Founder of Koh Tao Clean Up
Founder of Koh Tao Clean Up
Donors
- Luke Selibas
- Donated on Jan 13, 2022
All the best to Nick and Layla keep up the great work. :)
- Edeltraud Edi Göttler
- Donated on May 03, 2021
Kopkhun kha, hope to be there soon again to help again, kha 🙏
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Donors & Comments
- Steve Hart
- Donated on Aug 21, 2023
Let’s keep this going xxx
- Luke Selibas
- Donated on Jan 13, 2022
All the best to Nick and Layla keep up the great work. :)
- Edeltraud Edi Göttler
- Donated on May 03, 2021
Kopkhun kha, hope to be there soon again to help again, kha 🙏
- Jens Fisker
- Donated on May 03, 2021
- Anonymous
- Donated on Feb 28, 2021
Thanks, Koh Tao!
- Grzegorz Borowczyk
- Donated on Oct 21, 2020
- Katelyn Natalie
- Donated on Sep 18, 2020
Love you Dree! Keep on changing the world for the better! We’re with you! Xoxo
- Jody Stanislaw
- Donated on Sep 18, 2020
Thank you for cleaning up our ocean!!
- Anonymous
- Donated on Sep 16, 2020
- Carin Nelson
- Donated on Sep 15, 2020
Let’s keep this going xxx