A Sea Free of Marine Plastic Waste, for the Next Generation. Sending a Message from Karatsu to the World.

Our company supports April Dream, a project that aims to make April 1st a day for sharing dreams. This press release represents the dream of "NPO Karatsu Farm&Food."

NPO Karatsu Farm&Food is sharing its dream through the April Dream project: to create a world from Karatsu where children do not have to pick up marine debris.

"By 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish."

Are you aware of this warning?

Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980. According to a report by the UN scientific body IPBES, 86% of sea turtles, 44% of seabirds, and 43% of marine mammal species are already affected by plastic. This pollution also impacts humans through the food chain.

Even the beautiful seas of Karatsu are polluted with debris every day.

The sea of Karatsu, beloved by Jacques Mayol. Hado Misaki, designated as Genkai Quasi-National Park. On the coasts of Tsushima and other remote islands, over 8,000 cubic meters (equivalent to about 320 trucks) of debris flow in annually from across national borders.

No matter how many times we clean, more trash washes ashore the next morning.

Facing this reality, we stopped simply picking up trash.

It doesn't end with beach cleanups. We circulate it as a resource.

"Just picking up trash" will not save the ocean.

What we are working on is the circular economy.