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Plastic Fishing Active Thames Adventures

28 juin 2026 · 3 min · 157 vues · West India Dock / Millwall Dock, Isle of Dogs, London

Children fish plastic from Thames as swan glides nearby

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A plastic-fishing program sponsored by PLA Active Thames took 66 children from Sir William Burroughs School and St Luke's School out on the West India Dock and Millwall Dock complex over two days.1:00 Each trip ran about 90 minutes, with three boats including Polymer — described as the world's first recycled plastic boat, built from recycled plastic by a primary school on the Isle of Dogs and now 11 years in service.1:32 Paul visited St Luke's beforehand to deliver a classroom presentation covering the boat's construction, water safety, and single-use plastic.0:16 At Marsh Wall, children wore hard hats to pass under the low bridge from Millwall Dock into the West India Dock system.1:00 The program has now taken over 10,000 people on the docks and removed roughly 11 tons of plastic.1:41 A teacher interviewed afterward said the highlight was physically fishing plastic and litter from the water.2:54 Paul expressed ambition to extend the program to every child in the Tower Hamlets area, with the goal of preventing plastic from reaching the tidal Thames through the dock lock system.2:34

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