Tag: plastic

Ecology
CMA CGM Group partners with Plastic Odyssey to build a future free of plastic waste

CMA CGM Group partners with Plastic Odyssey to build a...

The Group will support Plastic Odyssey on its three-year voyage to the world's most...

Ecology
Scientists identify bioindicators for monitoring plastic pollution in the ocean

Scientists identify bioindicators for monitoring plastic...

With an estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste escaping to our oceans...

Ecology
Natural clean-up: Bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes

Natural clean-up: Bacteria can remove plastic pollution...

The scientists say that enriching waters with particular species of bacteria could...

Ecology
First long-term evidence of microplastic pollution from deep water layers of the open ocean

First long-term evidence of microplastic pollution from...

The results provide insights into the temporal variability of sinking microplastics...

General
Bureau Veritas delivers AiP to the MANTA, an innovative clean up vessel

Bureau Veritas delivers AiP to the MANTA, an innovative...

The MANTA sailboat has been developed by The SeaCleaners to help address the issue...

Ecology
CMA CGM stops transporting plastic waste

CMA CGM stops transporting plastic waste

As of June 1, 2022, CMA CGM will no longer transport plastic waste on board its...

Ecology
New solar-electric boat cleans up Manila Bay

New solar-electric boat cleans up Manila Bay

The environmental organisation One Earth – One Ocean has developed a solar-electric...

Innovations
Wärtsilä and Grimaldi unveil new filter system to tackle ocean microplastics

Wärtsilä and Grimaldi unveil new filter system to tackle...

According to the association Plastic Europe, 368 million tonnes of plastic were...

Ecology
WWF: Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

WWF: Plastic pollution in oceans on track to rise for decades

The review by Germany's Alfred Wegener Institute, commissioned by environmental...

R&D
Testing space-based marine plastic detection in an ocean wave facility

Testing space-based marine plastic detection in an ocean...

Could satellites be able to help track and map the marine plastic waste befouling...

Ecology
New report examines sea-based sources of marine litter

New report examines sea-based sources of marine litter

The sources and impact of sea-based marine litter form the focus of a new report...

Ecology
New study pinpoints likely path of COVID-related plastic waste in the ocean

New study pinpoints likely path of COVID-related plastic...

While many researchers suspect there will be a massive influx of COVID-related mismanaged...

Ecology
K LINE and TUMSAT start joint research on marine plastic waste

K LINE and TUMSAT start joint research on marine plastic...

This joint research will use “K” LINE’s vessels, which navigate many seas around...

Ecology
Research reveals how much plastic debris is currently floating in the Mediterranean Sea

Research reveals how much plastic debris is currently floating...

A team of researchers have developed a model to track the pathways and fate of plastic...

Ecology
Floating sensors predict plastic on Galapagos beaches

Floating sensors predict plastic on Galapagos beaches

Scientists are developing an app that tells park rangers on the Galapagos Islands...

Ecology
Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year

Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics...

The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic...

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