“We need to change the math by investing in recycling technologies and collection programs, as well as accelerating research and development to improve the performance and drive down the costs of more sustainable plastics and packaging alternatives to address the current challenge.
“For some time, it has been cheaper for the United States to ship its recyclables abroad rather than handle them here at home, but that has come at great cost to our environment,” Natalie Starr, principal at DSM Environmental Services and a co-author of the study said in an Ocean Conservancy news release. 3 in the world in terms of plastic waste produced per person, generating an average of 231 pounds per year. But the 4ocean and Ocean Cleanup products can build some vital awareness (and fund more substantial cleanups).Ī recent report in the journal Science Advances looked at the origins of 300 million tons of plastic trash that are produced annually, at least 8.8 million tons of which end up in the ocean. These sunglasses and iPhone cases of course aren’t the solution to trash floating in, with still more flowing in, to our oceans. On October 24th, Boyan Slat, Founder of The Ocean Cleanup finally revealed the product Sunglasses The sales are going incredibly fast, but we are lucky.
The $50 iPhone case is made from what the company calls “ 4ocean Plastic,” a material created by upcycling the certified ocean plastic recovered by 4ocean cleanup crews. It comes with the same one-pound promise. The new iPhone case is billed as “the first of many new innovative products made from their certified, recovered ocean plastic.” While The Ocean Cleanup is a nonprofit foundation, 4ocean is a public benefit corporation that has been selling wares (like the bracelets made with post-consumer recycled materials and about 5% ocean plastic) and using the money to hire crews to remove plastic from the ocean. They started with $20 bracelets and have pulled more than 11 million pounds to date, including cleanups in rivers and along coastlines. Speaking of what money can buy, 4ocean has (from the start) pledged to remove one pound of trash from the oceans for every product purchased.
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the iPhone 11 Pro, X, XS, 12, and 12 Pro are said to be coming soon. Every day over 8 million pieces of plastic make their way into the ocean. Client: The Ocean Cleanup, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The 4ocean iPhone case is designed to protect iPhone models 6, 6s, 7, 7s, 8, and SE 2020. Designers: Yves Béhar, fuseproject, San Francisco, California, USA.