Ocean floor littered with trash, including kitchen sink
Dhia spoke about why protecting the ocean starts with ensuring that waste gets recycled and never ends up leaking into the water, drawing on her work in Indonesia. The cost of waste that is not properly managed is estimated to be trillions of dollars annually in ecosystem damage to ...
The Ocean Cleanup is cleaning up floating plastics caught swirling in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a plastic accumulation zone with over 100,000,000 kilograms of plastic. Learn more Intercepting inrivers To clean the oceans, we also need to stop new trash from flowing into them. By tacklin...
The Interceptor Trashfence faced its first trash tsunami on May 26. Initially the fence held back the torrent of plastic, but ultimately gave way under the heavy force of so much trash. However, we learned a huge amount from this first trial, and we always knew this would be an experiment...
The concept is simple: A bucket connects to a water pump, drawing in any floating trash inside a removable net bag. There is also an optional oil-water separator system inside the pump. It can remove oil from the seawater before spitting it back into the ocean-pollution-free-through the ...
This month, we sit down with Tarkessh Mahendran, our Waste Manager in Malaysia, to discuss the vibe in our Kuala Lumpur regional office and… 24:16 24 September 2024 Research, Waste Management Talking Trash | Making Waste Fun River Field Scientist Thomas Mani and Recycling Manager John Ver...
The mini program allows users to type in their wishes and receive a personalized painting created by AI that learns the drawing style of autistic children. The project team aims to reach a wider audience and inspire more people to act to protect our oceans. ...
China found an average of 24 kilograms of floating trash per 1,000 square meters of surface water last year, 88.7% of which was plastic, the ministry said. Plastic also dominated the waste found below the surface, including on the seabed. Earlier this year, Beijing published an action plan...
The even worse news is that the tonnage may increase by as much as ten times in the next decade unless the world finds a better way to improve how trash is collected and managed.2010年,来自沿海国家的800万吨塑料垃圾最终流入海洋,远远超过漂浮在海面上的垃圾。这是个坏消息.更坏的消息是,除非...
T he even worse news is that the tonnage may increase by as much as ten times in the next decade unless the wor ld finds a better way to improve how trash is collect ed and managed.2010年,来自沿海国家的800万吨塑料 垃圾最终流入海洋,远远超过漂浮在海面上的垃圾。这是 个坏消息,更坏的...