Tag: microplastics

BIMCO is launching an industry-wide survey on plastics onboard ships, with the theme of Revitalisation: Collective Action for the Ocean.

While several landmark agreements have been put into force over the years to minimize the impact of shipping activity to the natural environment, the vast presence of shipping makes some of these impacts hard to eliminate. Shipping traffic has increased 300% in the past two decades, with some of the world’s busiest shipping routes overlapping with marine life habitats, according to WWF. What does this mean for marine ecosystems?

The "Last Beach Clean Up" and "Beyond Plastics" released a report documenting a recycling rate of 5 to 6% for post-consumer plastic waste in the U.S. for 2021.

BIMCO, the largest of the international shipping associations representing shipowners, announced that is has joined the GloLitter Partnerships Project as a strategic partner.

An international group of scientists and experts call for a limit on plastic production to address pollution, arguing that it is critical to tackle the issue right at the source, by regulating, capping, and in the long term phasing out the production of new plastics.

DFDS announced its collaboration with ReSea Project to support the fight for an ocean without plastic pollution. Namely, DFDS is committed to actively remove plastic waste from oceans and rivers via its partnership with ReSea Project.

Two new studies from the global GloLitter Partnerships project, which aims to reduce sea-based marine plastic litter, address the loss of fishing gear, which adds to the growing quantity of plastic waste at sea and on beaches.

K LINE announced the signing of a joint research agreement with Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) to start joint research on marine plastics.

Jamaica was selected as one of ten Lead Partnering Countries globally in an IMO and Food and Agriculture Organization supported project.

To solve the problem of plastics, researchers at NTNU in Ålesund are working to create a model that will show where plastic collects and determine where in the region it comes from.