The Philippine Pasig River Rehabilitation Council (PRRC) is working with a gaggle of local and South African environmentalists and entrepreneurs to make use of blockchain technology to avoid wasting the 27-kilometer Pasig River that flows through the capital Manila. The idea is to eventually apply the knowledge gained to cleansing the world’s rivers and seas.
In an interview with Cryptovest, CypherOdin and BOTcoin CEO Mariano Jose Diaz Villafuerte IV said that the partners selected the Pasig River as their first proof of concept (PoC) since it is one of the crucial polluted rivers within the Philippines.
“We first came up with the idea of showing how blockchain technology can solve real-world problems and clean up the environment,” Villafuerte said.
The company plans to put in Internet of Things (IoT) devices on the river and underwater (IOUT) to observe water quality, tide levels and other relevant data points to trace their progress in real time. The information collected will help develop solutions to the issue of plastic and garbage plaguing the river.
For even greater utility, CypherOdin will use drones to map plastic at a microscopic level.
“We will collect all the data we get from the Internet of Things and process it so that we have comprehensive information, including where plastic and garbage comes from and how it moves. This would allow us to analyze and develop recommendations on the best way to clean the rivers of this garbage,” Villafuerte explained.
As a part of its holistic approach, the group plans to launch a large awareness campaign, specifically targeting communities along and near river banks. We will remind residents of the importance of proper waste disposal and environmental protection.
Communities will probably be incentivized with the BOTcoin cryptocurrency for a specific amount of garbage collected on the river and for not throwing plastic into it.
“It would also encourage the community to respect the river because they will be earning money from it,” Villafuerte added.
Source : Crytovest.com
