Lauren Markham

How a Coke Can Spurred a Fisher’s Son to Save the Sea from Plastic Waste

It shocked everyone, Lefteris included, that his small operation had taken off — so quickly, in fact, that he barely knew how to keep up with demand. At the time of writing, Enaleia has helped collect 550 tons of plastic from the Mediterranean and expanded operations into dozens of ports in Greece, Italy and Kenya. In 2021, Lefteris was named a United Nations Young Champion of the Earth.