WWF Norway collaborated with the scientific whale project ‘Arctic Whale’, aiming to share knowledge on plastic pollution in the Arctic with the public. Arctic Whale will conduct an Arctic roundtrip from May to July 2019, with WWF contributing with their expertise on plastic pollution and the Arctic area.
Using the Barba sailboat as platform for research institutions, photographers and storytellers of Arctic Whale will carry out an Arctic roundtrip from May to July 2019. Whales and other sea...
Getting closer to 2020, our industry is under pressure to innovate sustainably and show its change-ready profile to the strict climate-alerting regulations. While remarkable progress has been made, it is of much interest to look where the inefficiencies lie as well as how close we are to properly manage CO2, SOx & NOx challenges and meet the goals and aspirations set by IMO.
What does innovate sustainably means for shipping?
We are one of the most heavily regulated industries; most of the...
https://safety4sea.com/cm-shipping-industry-ready-for-the-green-tide/
The UK’s first rubbish bin made from recycled plastic aims to encourage people reduce plastic pollution at the sea, will be presented in Blackpool next week. The project aims to prevent plastic waste ending in the sea, by making the disposal of litter a more conscious action.
The bin will be located on the Blackpool promenade, reminding to keep its beaches clean, and its a collaboration between GreenSeas Trust and Blackpool Council.
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The bin will be 1.5 metres...
https://safety4sea.com/uk-to-get-its-first-ever-rubbish-bin-made-from-recycled-plastic/
Malaysia will ship back around 3,300 tons of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries like the US, UK, Canada and Australia, in order to avoid becoming a dumping ground for developed countries, explained Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin.
The Minister said that Malaysia, as well as other developing countries, have become new targets after China banned the import of plastic waste. She noted that 60 containers which include contaminated waste were smuggled in, heading to illegal processing...
https://safety4sea.com/malaysia-starts-shipping-back-plastic-waste-to-foreign-countries/
For a better understanding of the amount of discharged plastic, a study conducted by a scientific working group at UC Santa Barbara’s National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS), concluded that every year, 8 million metric tons of...
https://safety4sea.com/5-marine-species-most-affected-by-plastics/
How to monitor plastics in the oceans
A new set of publicly-available guidelines for monitoring plastics and microplastics in the oceans will help harmonize how scientists and others assess the scale of the marine plastic litter problem.
The Guidelines for the monitoring and assessment of plastic litter and microplastics in the ocean have been published by the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP), a body that advises the United Nations...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/03/13/how-to-monitor-plastics-in-the-oceans/
Natural materials excreted by bacteria are gluing micro and nano plastics together so that they form larger masses in our oceans, scientists have discovered.
The biopolymers are common across all freshwater and marine environments, but until now scientists did not know what effects these sticky, glue-like materials had on the nano and microplastics that are now ubiquitous in all our waters.
As part of RealRiskNano, the £1.1 million project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council...
https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/plastics-are-being-glued-together-in-the-ocean-research/
Pupils of 1st Primary School of Alimos at HELMEPA’s exhibition
“NO to single use plastics”
by HELMEPA and the Embassy of Canada in Greece
Raising awareness among children and adults on the need to reduce single use plastics is the aim of the joint initiative of HELMEPA and the Embassy of Canada in Athens, which began with the production of 1,200 cloth bags bearing the motto “We say NO to single use plastics”.
The dissemination of the cloth bags has already began to pupils and teachers of Primary...
http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/11/22/no-to-single-use-plastics/
Marine litter
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has pledged to address the significant problem posed by plastics to the marine environment, with the adoption of an action plan which aims to enhance existing regulations and introduce new supporting measures to reduce marine plastic litter from ships.
IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) adopted (on 26 October) the action plan, to contribute to the global solution for preventing marine plastic litter entering the oceans...
A pioneering project of collecting plastics from the ocean is hours away from kicking off.
https://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/262679/ocean-cleanup-arrives-at-great-pacific-garbage-patch/