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How a monk and a Hippo joined forces to tackle Bangkok’s plastic pollution

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Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro launched the Hippo , a solar-powered boat, to remove 1.4 m kilos of plastic a year from Bangkok 's Chao Praya River .

The Chao Phraya River is the largest waterway flowing through central Thailand .

Thailand is aiming to have all plastic recycled by 2027 , up from 37% now.

The aim of the team is to build more Hippos to tackle other polluted rivers elsewhere in Thailand and south-east Asia .

Seven Clean Seas, as well as extending its reach in Bangkok , plans to create educational programmes at a local level and would like to offer the Hippo as a floating laboratory for universities in the future.

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