Project Kaisei

Project Kaisei – Capturing the Plastic Vortex

Headed by Hong Kong based Doug Woodring, Project Kaisei is a research mission to study how we can capture plastic waste in the ocean from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (four times as big as Japan) and turn it into diesel fuel. The first time in history someone is addressing the millions of tons of floating plastic waste and trying to find a solution to the problem, which has been affecting marine life, as well as our food chain. Woodring, originally from San Francisco, has a vast background in environment, new media and sports. The Source Asia speaks to the innovative pioneer and founder of Project Kaisei about his challenging mission and his views on changing the cycles of waste. Come and read the full article, our chat covers everything from Plastic Waste to Google Ocean.