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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The plastics crisis isn’t new but it is still threatening the natural environment on which we depend, impacting oceans, communities, wildlife, and people at ...
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Just 20 companies are the source of more than half of all the single-use plastic items thrown away globally. That's the conclusion of analysis of the ...
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The Clean Currents Coalition has deployed projects around the planet to remove plastic waste from key river systems. River clean-ups help reduce the volume ...
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Debris has killed marine life and is being seen as country’s worst environmental catastrophe Sri Lanka is facing the worst environmental disaster in its ...
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From plastic-devouring machines to watchful drones, these technologies are helping tackle plastic pollution in the ocean Emma Bryce May 10, 2021 There’s ...
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The Indonesia National Plastic Action Partnership and UpLink are partnering with the Ocean Plastic Prevention Accelerator, a social innovation ecosystem ...
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Do you know where plastic waste in the oceans is coming from? Around 1,000 of the world’s rivers are the source of 80% of the global ocean plastic pollution, ...
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A project using drones for trash clean up in Denmark could show the way to saving the oceans from an environmental disaster caused by the massive volume of ...
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THE PROCESSED PLASTIC BEFORE AND AFTER JUST THREE DAYS OF COMPOST. IMAGE CREDIT: CHRISTOPHER DELRE,/UC BERKELEY Curbing plastic pollution is one of the ...
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Preventing plastic waste will be the focus of an open virtual workshop for businesses in the Solent area today (19 April 2021). The event, co-hosted by the ...
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UConn's Water Pollution Control Facility. Researchers are testing the abilities of certain kinds of shellfish to remove microplastics from water. Credit: ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
A new shipowner for the Race for Water vesselPublished by Race for Water, Monday 1st March 2021 The year 2020 was a real «tsunami» for the Race for Water ...
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Microplastic pollutants in wastewater are notoriously difficult to treat, and can stem from many common sources, ranging from personal-care products to ...
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A world awash in plastic will soon see even more, as a host of new petrochemical plants — their ethane feedstock supplied by the fracking boom — come online. ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
AFP / Lillian SUWANRUMPHA The "ghost nets" discarded from the country's lucrative fishing industry are a deadly source of plastic pollution Underwater divers ...
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The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has developed a bio-plastic film using marine seaweed and PEG-3000. This could be a game-changer in the ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
The pandemic has exacerbated the already severe problem of plastic pollution. Here are eight young people from around the world who are leading the fight ...
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KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has signed an alliance agreement with Mura Technology Limited to offer Cat-HTRTM, an innovative advanced ...
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Synthetic fiber makers are gearing up to combat water pollution caused by tiny pieces of plastic that fall off from the washing of fleece and other chemical ...
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