Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That's the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbage -...
ocean About the speaker David Katz Plastics alchemist See speaker profile David is founder and CEO of The Plastic Bank, the world’s only organization to monetize plastic waste and provide an opportunity for the world's disadvantaged to collect and trade plastic waste as a currency. ...
With plastic wastes invading the ocean and threatening marine lives, plastic pollution is among the most serious problems on the earth. To deal with the situation, Coca-Cola thinks of a creative solution called KeelClip, which substitutes paper board for plastic wrapping, thus saving lots of plast...
Section II considers the concerns surrounding ocean plastics, focusing on impacts of plastic on marine ecosystems as well as human health effects. Section III, IV, and V discuss the ongoing attempts to address the ocean plastics problem. Sections III and IV provide a brief ...
The Great Bubble Barrier is on a mission to remove plastic pollution from rivers and canals and prevent plastic from reaching the ocean. We take action by: removingplastic pollution from waterways with Bubble Barriers. monitoringthe amount of plastic in waterways to support policy and measures. ...
“The realization that food technology is not well-suited for mass production at a competitive price point is what gave rise to the new generation of LOLIWARE,” CEO Chelsea Briganti told me. “To effectively address the global plastic crisis, we needed to design for scale. Which is what ...
Section 3 provides an overview of the impacts of marine plastic pollution and challenges for global marine plastics governance. Section 4 examines recent efforts to solve the problem of marine plastic pollution and displays gaps in the current governance structure that could be overcome with a global...
20.(2020 ·虹口 · 二模)Coco-Cola's Innovative Solution to Plastic Pollution Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing problems of the 21st Century with plastic waste almost everywhere. It is estimated that just in 2016, the world produced over 320million tons of plastic, and this...
which is the equivalent of pouring one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every minute. This number is expected to increase to two garbage trucks per minute by 2030, and four per minute by 2050. By 2050, this could mean there will be more plastic than fish in the world’s oceans....
But it’s not all about big organizations – many of you, our listeners, support The Ocean Cleanup each month. Ewan tells us how this is now easier than ever with our new fundraising platform, ready for anyone around the world to help us rid the oceans of plastic. ...