SINGAPORE – When Terese Teoh was 15, she read about the detrimental effects of plastic pollution in a textbook.
She thought to herself: “Why is it that we are learning about this in school and we know about the severity of it, but every day in the canteen and at home, we’re using ?"
The award, handed out last weekend by United States-based non-profit organisation Conservation International, recognised Singaporeans aged 18 to 35 who have made significant contributions to the protection of the environment. Three years later, she returned to the spot to find that the earth had been dug up and there were craters everywhere. It had been turned into a quarry.
" plastic waste into asphalt was developed in the past nine years... Upon prototyping a successful model, I incorporated Magorium to continue development and commercialisation of the technology," she said. Ms Sam is a marine biologist at the National University of Singapore's Tropical Marine Science Institute. Her work involves diving into Singapore waters to plant corals and collect ocean garbage.
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