Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Agence France-Presse, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Underwater seagrass in coastal areas appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls”, researchers have found.
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Emily Beament, Yahoo! Finance Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Restoring the UK’s seas from their damaged state could give a £50 billion boost to the economy, create thousands of new jobs and help the climate crisis, a report says.
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Damian Carrington, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
The Arctic is “pervasively” polluted by microplastic fibres that most likely come from the washing of synthetic clothes by people in Europe and North America, research has found.
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Patrick Greenfield and Fiona Harvey, The Guardian Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
A coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife.
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Mike Scott, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
The pressure to clean up plastic pollution faded in 2020 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a surge in the use of plastic in PPE and to keep food and other purchases safe.
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Alex Truelove, The Revelator Plastics & Pollution
We won’t be able to stem the tide of plastic waste until manufacturers are held accountable for their products.
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Olivier Vergnault, In Your Area Plastics & Pollution
Serial inventor David Trotter, the man behind the Muggi trays is keen to use plastic from the sea and close the plastic pollution loop.
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Gabriel Cohen, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution
Captain Ahab hurled his harpoon at the Great White Whale. Don Quixote tilted at windmills with his lance. Taylor Mali, a poet in Brooklyn, has become known for wielding a long and pointy weapon at city treetops.
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Plastic Pollution Coalition Plastics & Pollution
Passionate environmentalists and Plastic Pollution Coalition members Hannah Testa and Lesa Wilson have released a new video series on the plastic pollution crisis and how each of us can get involved.
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Roxane Lauzet, Modern Diplomacy Plastics & Pollution
Due to growing concerns around environmental protection, businesses, individuals and governments have been looking for solutions that can be largely implemented to close the tap on plastic pollution.
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Osaka City University Plastics & Pollution
For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything from grocery bags and food packaging to toys and electronics into liquid fuels and wax.
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Bonnie Waycott, Global Aquaculture Alliance Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Efforts in Chile, Europe illustrate new opportunities for environmental stewards and entrepreneurs.
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Tina Casey, Triple Pundit Plastics & Pollution
Next-generation plastic recycling technologies could breathe new life into the U.S. petrochemical industry, and not a moment too soon.
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Graham Readfearn, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every day.
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Manoj Sharma, Business Today Plastics & Pollution
These masks will take as long as 450 years to break down and all the while serve as a source of micro plastic and negatively impact marine wildlife and ecosystems, says a new report by OceanAsia.
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Palak Agrawal, The Logical Indian Plastics & Pollution
The installation is located at Freedom Ghat, 50 metres from Laxman Jhula in Rishikesh to educate and warn the masses on the ill-effects of plastic pollution which is being reported to be the world's deadliest killer.
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Karen McVeigh Plastics & Pollution
International convention to stop richer countries exporting contaminated material for recycling could mean a cleaner ocean in five years.
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Karen McVeigh, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
New international rules to tackle the “wild west” global trade in plastic, which has seen wealthy nations dump contaminated plastic waste on to poorer ones, will result in a cleaner ocean within five years, according to a UN transboundary waste chief.
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Greenpeace International Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
Today the Supreme Court of Norway ruled in the People Vs Arctic Oil court case where environmental and youth organisations have sued the Norwegian State for opening up for new oil drilling in the Arctic. The judgment was uneven, with four judges believing that the oil licenses in the Arctic should be invalid for climate reasons, but the majority voted in favour of the Norwegian state.
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Eric Usher, World Ocean Initiative Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Eric Usher, head of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), calls for a transformational shift in private finance to regenerate ocean health.
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