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fromEarth911
2 weeks ago

Sustainability In Your Ear: The Ocean Conservancy's Dr. Erin Murphy Documents the Lethality of Ocean Plastics

Lethal plastic thresholds were identified across marine species, showing even small amounts of plastic can be deadly and requiring lifecycle-wide policy action.
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fromBusiness Matters
3 months ago

Prince Albert II Foundation and Circulate Capital join forces to tackle ocean plastic in Asia

Prince Albert II Foundation and Circulate Capital partnered to mobilize private capital and scale circular-economy solutions reducing ocean plastic pollution in South and Southeast Asia.
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Trash to transport: crossing Bass Strait in a boat made of Tasmanian fish farm debris

Word spread through French Island's WhatsApp group before we'd even docked there was a boat made of rubbish heading their way. By the time Samuel McLennan secured his vessel built from marine debris at Tankerton Jetty, a small crowd had formed. Alan Pentland, editor of Off-the-Grid, the island's newsletter, was already waiting to get a photo and eager for a story. A constant stream of people came down over the next two hours to have a chat,
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