Quick Dips
Curated topical articles on the Blue Economy
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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Sangita Khadka Energy Solutions Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) introduces its second cohort of 10 ocean innovators.
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Marine Technology News Plastics & Pollution Shipping & Ports
News story on a new wood chip carrier which will collect ocean microplastics.
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Seruni Putri Soewondo, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Plastic waste pollution in Southeast Asia is at alarming levels and thus calls for urgent solutions.
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Martin Armstrong, Statista Plastics & Pollution
This statista article by The World Economic Forum explores the top emitters of microplastics in our oceans.
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Ellen Martin, World Ocean Initiative Plastics & Pollution
A guest blog by World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific speaker Ellen Martin, chief impact officer at Circulate Capital.
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Chris Michael, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
A new Guardian series looks at where it comes from, the harm it does and what can be done about it.
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Hal Partenheimer, Plastics Today Plastics & Pollution
Recycling ocean plastics and converting the waste into new products is still in its infancy, but organizations, startups, and established companies around the world are starting to make waves.
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Bernhard Warner, Fortune Energy Solutions Plastics & Pollution
For decades, scientists have been studying the wondrous carbon sequestration powers of marine algae.
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Emmanuel Ladent, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
With Carbios’s solution, we finally found a biological way to reuse plastic waste.
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Cristen Hemingway Jaynes Plastics & Pollution
Researchers have found that mangroves and coral reefs can be cost-effective in reducing coastal flooding.
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Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
Researchers in Canary Islands coin term for new type of marine pollution they say could be leaking toxic chemicals into oceans.
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Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch Plastics & Pollution
The Biden administration announced new steps to protect the nation’s oceans in honor of both National Ocean Month and World Ocean Day.
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Kristin Hughes, World Economic Forum Plastics & Pollution
Here is what five leaders believe are the priorities and perspectives a global treaty on plastic pollution offers.
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Katharine Gammon, The Guardian Plastics & Pollution
The cleanup was undertaken by a California non-profit which hired scuba divers to clean the top 25ft of the lake.
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Djordje Vuckovic & Bill Mitch, The Scientist Plastics & Pollution
Researchers have long suspected that an ingredient in sunscreen called oxybenzone was harming corals, but no one knew how. A new study shows how corals turn oxybenzone into a sunlight-activated toxin.
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Valerie Volcovici, Reuters Plastics & Pollution
The decline coincides with a sharp drop in plastic waste exports, which had counted as recycled plastic.
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Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford Plastics & Pollution
A new report outlines how ocean data transparency can enable companies to avoid produce from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and instead choose sustainable and ethical products throughout their supply chains.
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Salomé Gómez-Upegui, The Guardian Fisheries & Aquaculture Plastics & Pollution
Study in Florida finds ‘widespread’ traces of a total of 58 medications including heart drugs, opioids, antidepressants and antifungals in increasingly rare bonefish and their prey.
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