Good News Notes: “Our landfills are a graveyard for old, plastic toothbrushes. Last year, 495 million nonelectric toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. They’re not recyclable, which means the vast majority get tossed or end up in the ocean. Colgate, which sells 30% of the world’s toothbrushes, is trying to cut down on this waste….
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Check Out This 16-Foot Catamaran Concept for the Newest Ocean Plastic-Cleaning Vessel
Good News Notes: “With so many of us surfing, going to the beach, and swimming in the ocean, we often ask what is being done in an effort to take care of it — specifically, what are we going to do about the huge amounts of plastic polluting it all? In 2016, the United Nations published a…
Nez Perce Tribe trying to reestablish eel-like fishes in Idaho river
Good News Notes: “Biologists say some people might think when they first see a Pacific lamprey that it’s a snake, or possibly an eel. But they would be wrong. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game says the lamprey are eel-like primitive fishes that lack the jaws and paired fins of true fishes. Like salmon,…
22-year-old runs from ocean to ocean for Clean Seas
Good News Notes: “On 26 July 2019, 22-year-old Sam Bencheghib asked the crowd of friends, supporters and media gathered around him, to take two deep breaths as a reminder of the importance that the oceans have in giving life. Bencheghib was about to embark upon a 3,100-mile run across the United States of America from coast…
Could jellyfish be the answer to fighting ocean pollution?
Good News Notes: “You can find huge quantities of jellyfish in European seas, but in some areas the number of blooms is problematic. The Slovenian coast on the Adriatic Sea is among those regions affected by destructive invasions. Researchers in the country believe we could somehow take advantage of this proliferation, especially in their potential…
Investment Company Raises $106 Million to Stop Ocean Pollution
Good News Notes: “Circulate Capital has raised $106 million to prevent and reduce ocean plastic. The investment management company is focused on financing companies “dedicated to financing innovation, companies, and infrastructure that prevent the flow of plastic waste into the world’s ocean while advancing the circular economy,” according to its website.” “The Singapore-based Circulate Capital Ocean…
Ocean Cleanup hauls its first batch of plastic trash back to shore
Good News Notes: “It hasn’t been entirely smooth sailing, but The Ocean Cleanup is now calling an end to a first successful mission to collect plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, today showing off the pile of trash on the shores of Vancouver. The organization now plans to repurpose the recovered rubbish as plastic…
Four technologies tackling the problem of river plastic pollution
Good News Notes: “The Interceptor is an autonomous solar-powered device that uses a barrier stretching across a river to collect plastic. Rubbish is funnelled towards a floating processing plant that resembles a barge. The trash is passed up a conveyor belt and deposited into bins, which signal to the system when they are full so…
The Ocean Cleanups Latest Invention Collects 110,000 Pounds of Trash From Rivers Each Day
Good News Notes: “Dubbed the Interceptor, this boat is designed to collect plastic trash as it floats down rivers and into the sea. “ “Founded in 2013 by Slat, The Ocean Cleanup aims to solve the problem of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans by using a fleet of high-technology floating trash collectors.” “The plan…
Researchers accidentally found a mid-19th century shipwreck
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/05/30/researchers-accidentally-found-mid-19th-century-shipwreck/1293731001/