No leisurely stroll: Wiranuch (left) collecting plastic waste along a beach on the southern island of Koh Chang in Ranong province. — AFP
As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern 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.
