Marine Debris
Ecover to turn sea plastic into bottles in pioneering recycling schemeGuardian Unlimited | 07 Mar 2013Ecover, the green cleaning brand, said on Thursday it will use plastic waste retrieved from the sea to create an entirely new type of sustainable and recyclable plastic bottle. The Belgian company is working with plastic manufacturer Logoplaste to combine plastic trawled from the sea with a plastic made from sugar cane ('Plant-astic') and recycled plastic, in what it is calling a world-first for packaging.
Marine Debris Our plastic rubbish killing sea lifeNew Zealand Herald | 04 Mar 2013Dan Godoy hands me a plastic jar. It's filled with rubbish fragments: fishing line, rope, plastic bag pieces, remnants of plastic packaging, the end of an old balloon and blue, jagged hunks of a bucket, about the size of a 20c piece. The 224 pieces of plastic were found in the stomach of one turtle.
Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris Government of Japan Gifts NOAA $5 Million to Address Tsunami Marine Debris [What's New]NOAA's National Ocean Service | 06 Dec 2012On Nov. 30, the Government of Japan announced a gift of $5 million to the United States, through NOAA's Marine Debris Program, to support efforts in response to marine debris washing ashore in the U.S. from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The funds will be used to support marine debris response efforts, such as removal of debris, disposal fees, cleanup supplies, detection and monitoring.
Pacific Ocean | Marine Debris Environment: EU aiming to be at the forefront of efforts to reduce marine litterEuropean Commission | 16 Nov 2012Marine litter is a serious threat to the coastal and marine environment around the globe. Marine habitats are contaminated with man-made garbage and other waste, posing growing environmental, economic, health and aesthetic problems. The European Commission is raising awareness about this global problem, in line with commitments made in Rio this summer to reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems.
Marine Debris | Policy CBD Study Examines Impacts of Marine Debris on Biodiversitybiodiversity-l.iisd.org | 11 Oct 2012September 2012: The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), in collaboration with the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), published a study on the impacts of marine debris on biodiversity, and suggesting strategies to address the challenge.
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