Save the Ocean Life and Save Earth

This Park Is Made Of Recycled Litter From A River by  TAYLOR MEAD     JUL 20, 2018 INSTAGRAM | @RECYCLEDPARK Here's a not so fun fact for you: " more than 60% of water pollution comes from things like trash and litter, excess fertilizer, and pet waste ," making clean water supplies around the world harder and harder to find. One city in the Netherlands though, is helping in (literally) the neatest way. Rotterdam's  Recycled Park  on the New Meuse river is working to prevent plastic litter from entering the North Sea and sustain aquatic life in the process. Yes, it's as ingenious as it sounds, believe me. Seating Area for Park-Goers    DESIGNBOOM To the rest of the world, please take notes! The  Recycled Park 's passive litter traps collect the river's garbage, so it can be retrieved, sorted, and then used to create floating park blocks that "improve the ecosystem and increase awareness of plastic pollution." Passive Litter Trap   ...

Plastic-eating bacteria discovered by student could help solve global pollution crisis Exclusive:  Microbes found near plastic refinery degrade material, turning it into food Tom Embury-Dennis   @tomemburyd   Saturday 30 June 2018 20:02 A student may have found a solution to one of the  world’s most urgent environmental  crises  – breeding bacteria capable of “eating” plastic and potentially breaking it down into harmless by-products. The microbes degrade polyethylene terephthalate ( PET ) – one of the world’s most common plastics, used in clothing, drinks bottles and food packaging. It takes centuries to break down, in the meantime doing untold damage to its surroundings. Morgan Vague, who is studying biology at Reed College in Oregon, said the process, if sped up, could play a “big part” of solutions to the planet’s plastic problem, which sees  millions of tonnes  dumped in landfill and oceans every year. Arou...

Welsh Artist Novo Amor Shoots Underwater Music Video In Indonesia Highlighting Ocean Pollution NEWS DESK THE JAKARTA POST Jakarta   | Thu, June 21, 2018   | 10:04 am Welsh singer-songwriter Ali Lacey, or commonly known by his stage name Novo Amor, released a music video recently for his song "Birthplace" taken from his debut solo album of the same name, set for release later this year. Shot entirely underwater, the video features British freediver Michael Board, who now lives on the island of Gili Trawangan. According to  theculturetrip.com , it took Board 250 freedives to create enough footage for Novo Amor's music video. Board held his breath for up to three minutes for each shot, while he also had to perform other tasks underwater, including swimming with sea turtles, snakes, eels and giant manta rays. Amed Beach in Bali The crew spent 35 hours underwater to capture the footage. Locations for the music video include Amed Beach in Bali, which was chosen for it...

Plastic pollution crisis: How waste ends up in our oceans By  Emanuela Campanella Multimedia Video Journalist   Global News June 17, 2018     6:00 am WATCH our plastic explainer special above, which aired on Global National. Over the last 10 years, we have produced more plastic than all of the 20th century. We look at exactly how our trash and  plastic  ends up in our oceans and the impact it’s having on our environment. Several countries are closing off their beaches to tourists. Thailand shut down  Maya Bay,  famously featured in Leonardo DiCaprio’s  The Beach.  The Philippines announced the temporary closure of  Boracay  – which has been called a “cesspool.” And disturbing videos and images of  plastic-filled Bal i have been emerging after authorities declared a “garbage emergency.” “It’s an atrocity. Here we are polluting our ocean, initially out of ignorance. This shows how poorly we are able to leave the ...

Could You Be Ingesting Plastic? opinion June 17, 2018 01:00 By Song Su-hyun The Korea Herald, agencies Seoul Chemical components designed to make human lives easy is killing ecosystem, but not many know how A war has begun worldwide on plastics. For decades, polymers have been used to make human lives easy and more hygienic, but with single-use plastic items being blamed for killing species in the ocean and threatening ecosystems, global initiatives have been launched since last year by the United Nations to curb their use. But South Korea, one of the biggest producers and consumers of plastics in the world, has taken a little interest in curbing plastic pollution. Leaders have been pointing out a lack of public awareness of the impact of plastics on ecosystems, and also on human lives. “‘Korea is the No 1 plastic consumer, but public awareness of recycling remains low,” said South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon in his speech marking the World Environment Day. “The amo...

G7 Minus Two: Leaders Agree to Ocean Plastic Charter Author  Irene Banos Ruiz                     Date  11.06.2018 Five of the G7 nations, without the US and Japan, have agreed to an ocean plastics charter. But will such non-binding measures be enough for the world's industrialized countries to beat plastic pollution together? Hate crimes, discrimination, inequality and nightmare events like the deadly war in Syria can make us feel that our world is upside down. But these weren't the only urgent issues world leaders had to address. Climate change and  plastic pollution  are much quieter threats — but relentless and fierce nonetheless. In the Group of Seven's (G7) closing communique out of Charlevoix, Canada, on Saturday, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom pledged to combat ocean pollution through a  G7 Ocean Plastics Charter . The United States and Japan ...