James Middleton was a boat captain and Chloe Dubois worked in environment and resource management when they were inspired to co-found the Ocean Legacy Foundation, a non-profit that concentrates on collecting and recycling plastics found in the ocean. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

The organizers: Chloé Dubois and James Middleton

The pitch: Founding The Ocean Legacy Foundation

Chloe Dubois and her partner James Middleton were watching a documentary several years ago about the plight of albatrosses on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, a collection of islands that have become a collection point for mountains of plastic waste.

The couple were living on a boat in British Columbia at the time and their lives

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