Blog 62 looked at Bike Fishing in Amsterdam; both the government office with its large barges and claw hooks and duos who work in tandem with grapple hooks on a plastic rope. But there is another kind of fishing here that you may not be familiar with – Fishing for Plastic.
Yesterday, as I walked down the canal, I saw a boat that looked like this:
I did not take this picture. The boat I had seen turned down the next canal before I could snap it. The picture above came from the article about Plastic Whale: https://www.thenationalnews.com/lifestyle/travel/plastic-whale-cleaning-up-amsterdam-s-canals-through-eco-fishing-1.856433 Plastic Whale (https://plasticwhale.com/) offers Fishing for Plastic here in Amsterdam and in Rotterdam. The plastic retrieved is recycled into the boats they use for the fishing. A complete circle.
So while I did not get the picture myself, seeing the boat and learning about Plastic Whale is very close to the top of the “things that make me smile about Amsterdam” list.