_________, the world’s first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste, aims to raise people’s awareness of plastic pollution in oceans.

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  1. Triptropi
  2. Blipblopi
  3. Snipsnopi
  4. Flipflopi

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Option 4 : Flipflopi
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The correct answer is Flipflopi.

Key Points

  • Flipflopi the world’s first sailing boat made entirely from plastic waste, aims to raise people’s awareness of plastic pollution in oceans.
  • Flip-flops were collected from beaches and towns on the Kenyan coast.
  • The Flip Flop project is a positive African plastic revolution.
  • The Flipflopi is a Kenyan community-built boat constructed from recycled marine plastic and flip-flops.
  • The project calls for a plastic revolution and raises awareness of the dangers of single-use plastic, of which 12 million tonnes are dumped at sea every year rather than repurposed or recycled.

Additional Information

  • Africa is the continent that has taken the most national measures against the use and production of plastic bags.
  • Out of 54countries, 24 have voted for a total or partial ban on plastic bags.
  • By 2018, 58% of them had implemented these bans, although in practice in many countries major difficulties persist in complying with these bans.
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