A kiteboarding record attempt started the plastic soup surfers political adventure. A surfing record attempt to stop plastic pollution of the North Sea - and it was a huge succes.
ITS WHEN YOU GET POLITICAL THAT PEOPLE START TO NOTICE YOUR MESSAGE.
The birth of the ‘political’ Plastic Soup Surfer was during the record attempt crossing of the North Sea in 2016
On the 3rd of September 2016 the Plastic Soup Surfer set of to cross the North Sea on kite-foil board made from plastic bottles. The crossing proved a bigger challenge than expected due to changing weather conditions, current and sea state.
The 190km crossing marked the start of a petition that called for the implementation of deposit fee on small PET bottles of which 75 million are littered in the Netherlands on a yearly basis.
This petition got signed by nearly 60 thousand people and was presented to Dutch Parliament and he surprised them by having them sign a RESOLUTION !
The day after his resolution was adopted by Parliament.
His “Plastic Soup Surfer resolution” then became the basis for a new policy which will see deposit fee on small plastic bottles in the spring of 2021.
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