Surfer and inventor Kevin Kamala founded his social enterprise in response to the alarming amount of plastic rubbish washing up on Bali’s shoreline

With its pristine white sand beaches, Bali in Indonesia looks like a tropical island paradise. And so it is, but much of its shoreline is now becoming saturated with plastic rubbish.

Balinese surfer, diver and inventor Kevin Kamala decided to get to work on developing less harmful alternatives. He set up social enterprise Avani to market and sell his products, which are made from 100 per cent renewable, natural resources such as cornstarch, sunflower and sugarcane.