Berlin Company Helps Remove
Half a Ton of Ocean Plastic
Thanks to the efforts of one company from Berlin, there is now
half a ton less plastic waste floating in our oceans.
Family-owned Knick Elektronische Messgeräte
has acquired 1,000 recycled bracelets. With this
purchase the company has contributed to the
funding of a worldwide clean-up campaign.
The bracelets are made and sold by 4Ocean, a US
company that plays a leading role in protecting our
oceans and that carries out extensive and regular
clean-ups through the sale of its bracelets. For every
bracelet sold, about 500kg of plastic waste can be
removed from oceans and coastlines.
With the help of 150 employees and countless
volunteers, the company has been able to remove
more than 1.8 million kilograms of waste in the past
two years.
With the purchase of 1,000 bracelets, Knick has made
sure that in future clean-ups about 500kg of plastic
waste can be removed from our oceans and then
recycled into new bracelets.
Knick CEO and President Marcus Knick says: “The
protection of our oceans is very important to me. In
our work we try to avoid plastic as much as possible.
With our measuring instruments the quality of
industrial wastewater can be monitored before it gets
back into circulation. But the challenge of protecting
our oceans does not end there. We can and want to
do more. That’s why we support projects that pick up
where we leave off – projects such as 4Ocean’s Ocean
Plastic Recovery campaign.”
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The bracelets are distributed as giveaways to Knick
employees, customers and trade show visitors.