Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
Boyan Slat, The New York Times Plastics & Pollution
The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution. Next week, delegates from U.N. member states will gather in Paris to debate the shape of what some hope will become the plastic-pollution equivalent of the Paris climate agreement.
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Jamie Hailstone, Forbes Plastics & Pollution
More than 60 leading plastic waste innovators have joined forces to form a new alliance, as preparations begin for the next round of negotiations for a UN-led treaty to tackle the issue.
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World Ocean Initiative, The Economist Group Plastics & Pollution
The health of coral reefs, our most biodiverse ocean ecosystem, is fundamentally interconnected with human health. We need urgent global action to tackle the pollution crisis to protect both, explain Stacy Jupiter, Bodhi Patil and Christopher Corbin.
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Jeff Kart, Forbes Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Making bioplastics from seaweed is becoming fashionable. And that’s not a dig.
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Oliver Morrison, Food Navigator Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
EIT Food, the world’s largest food innovation community, has announced the results of its Marketed Innovation Prize, designed to reward innovative food start-ups that have successfully brought products or services to market.
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Tom Ford, plasticprize.org Plastics & Pollution
In 2020, Tom Ford partnered with Lonely Whale to launch the TOM FORD Plastic Innovation Prize, the only global competition focused on creating scalable and biologically degradable alternatives to traditional thin-film plastic polybags.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Plastics & Pollution
The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles that if gathered would weigh around 2.3 million tons, according to a new study.
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Tim De Chant, TechCrunch Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
For an ecosystem that covers a majority of the planet, the oceans have basically been ignored by startups and investors alike.
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Economic Impact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Economist Impact’s Martin Koehring highlights why stronger collaboration will be required to accelerate progress in 2023.
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Michael van Niekerk, Investment Magazine Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The ocean or the global “blue economy” contributes US$2.5 trillion ($3.8 trillion) a year in economic output – equivalent to world’s seventh-largest economy by GDP – and is expected to expand at twice the rate of the mainstream economy, reaching US$3 trillion a year by 2030.
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Anis Uzzaman, Forbes Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
As the world deals with climate change and rising energy prices, green technology is more important than ever. Entrepreneurs stand to benefit by coming up with green technology business ideas to serve a growing market need.
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Soumyajit Kar, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
Government representatives are currently meeting in Uruguay to kickstart the first Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee (INC) on reaching an internationally binding treaty to end plastic pollution that the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) promised to deliver by 2024, otherwise known as the UNEA 5.2 resolution.
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Kate Wing, David Millar, Aaron Roan Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
The next wave of transformation in ocean understanding will come from improving our ability to discover and connect this data, giving us a clearer picture of what’s happening under the waves and envisioning new ocean solutions.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.
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Martin Koehring, Economist Impact Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
A blog by Martin Koehring, head of Economist Impact’s World Ocean Initiative and keynote speaker at the 30th anniversary of the John Nurminen Foundation
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
We can’t recycle our way out of the plastic pollution crisis.
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Stephen Daniells Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
With a full suite a successful New Dietary Ingredient Notifications (NDINs) and steady stream of peer-reviewed publications substantiating its claims, Hofseth Biocare (HBC) is feeling bullish about its portfolio of upcycled ingredients.
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Nasdaq Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports Tourism
Oceans and other bodies of water cover a vast majority of Earth, but a case can be made that investors’ portfolios are too dry when it comes to sustainable ocean investing concepts.
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Libby Leonard, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
A report from the United Nations, polluting facilities and industries — particularly the companies drilling for the oil that helps make plastic — are often placed in vulnerable communities, who are now subject to toxins from plastic incineration as well as other hazards from disposal.
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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
A new paper explores that making the rights and needs of Indigenous people a priority is essential to turning the tide of plastic pollution and putting a stop to plastic dumping on Te Moananui.
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