Seabin, the device that removes floating waste, has sent ripples all over the world thanks to its simplicity and effectiveness. We speak to Pete Ceglinski, Seabin Project’s CEO, who has dedicated his life to cleaning ocean plastic.
The first Children’s Clean Ocean Summit will take place at the UN’s Vienna headquarters. A platform for young people to speak their minds and draw up a declaration on saving oceans from plastic waste.
The Ocean Array Cleanup invented by Boyan Slat is headed towards the Great Pacific garbage patch where it will begin to gather tonnes of plastic waste accumulated by oceanic currents.
50,000 professional and amateur photographers from 92 countries have answered this year’s call for the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Now in its 53rd edition, the contest aims to showcase the best nature photography in the world while raising awareness on the beauty – and fragility – of nature. Wildlife Photographer
Costa Rica aims to become the world’s first country to adopt a national strategy to end single-use plastic by 2021, as announced by Costa Rican Environment and Energy Minister Edgar Gutiérrez. The decision is part of the plan to make Costa Rica the first carbon-neutral country by 2021. Along with ending single-use plastics, the country
Drinking water in more than a dozen countries around the world has been found contaminated with micro particles of plastic a recent scientific study has revealed. About 83 per cent of the water samples tested during a research project commissioned by journalism organisation Orb Media contained plastic fibres, with the United States presenting the highest contamination rate
Dopo Adidas, anche Stella McCartney annuncia di voler collaborare con Parley for the oceans per ripulire i mari dalla plastica.
La nave sarà varata nel 2020 e ospiterà le strumentazioni più all’avanguardia per la ricerca di plastica nel mare. Il progetto realizzato con il Wwf.
Italian artist Maria Cristina Finucci created an art installation in the Island of San Pantaleo, Sicily, to raise awareness on the problem of plastic pollution in world’s oceans.
What is ghost fishing and why is it a problem All fishing nets, lines and traps that get lost or abandoned at sea continue to operate long after we lose track of them. The main resulting threat for the marine environment is so-called ghost fishing: abandoned floating nets keep catching fish and other marine animals
