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Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy

With Every Breath You Take, Thank the Ocean

Kalila Morsink, Smithsonian Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution

That’s right—more than half of the oxygen you breathe comes from marine photosynthesizers, like phytoplankton and seaweed. 

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Industry endorses plan to recycle 70% of plastic packaging globally

Ellen MacArthur Foundation Plastics & Pollution

More than 40 industry leaders have endorsed a new action plan to tackle global plastics issues, and have begun working together to create a more effective global system for plastics.

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New Plastics Economy report offers blueprint to design a circular future for plastics

Ellen MacArthur Foundation Plastics & Pollution

Applying circular economy principles to global plastic packaging flows could transform the plastics economy and drastically reduce negative externalities such as leakage into oceans, according to the latest report by the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation, with analytical support from McKinsey & Company.

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