Kia Supports Panama City Plastic Waste Reduction Initiative

13 Aug Kia Supports Panama City Plastic Waste Reduction Initiative

(Oilandgaspress) 13/08/26 – Kia Corporation (Kia)’s non-profit partner, The Ocean Cleanup, is showcasing Panama City as an exciting example of the impact made possible through its landmark 30 Cities Program, celebrating measurable success in plastic reduction across urban rivers in the region.

On July 7-8, an international team of partners, media and other stakeholders travelled to the region to witness the project’s effects firsthand, interview those who are both implementing and benefiting from it on the ground and record its impact on the local environment. A documentary video from the visit can be viewed here.

What is the objective of The Ocean Cleanup?
The Ocean Cleanup is a global non-profit organisation based in the Netherlands. It develops and scales solutions to rid the oceans of plastic pollution by both stemming inflow via rivers and removing waste that has already accumulated.

With the global non-profit already responsible for preventing over 60 million kilograms of trash from reaching the world’s oceans, the 30 Cities Program aims to scale its Interceptor™ solutions across key population centers in Asia and the Americas.

The Ocean Cleanup seeks to eliminate up to one third of all river-borne plastic flowing into the ocean by the end of the decade, contributing to an eventual 90 percent reduction in floating ocean plastic pollution worldwide by 2040.

In collaboration with both national government and city authorities in Panama City, The Ocean Cleanup and local non-profit partner Marea Verde, alongside local communities, are working towards the successful restoration of the seven major rivers flowing through Panama City as part of the ‘Seven Basins’ Project, stopping the flow of trash into the Bay of Panama using The Ocean Cleanup’s proven Interceptor technology.

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