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Cleaning up the oceans

Posted onApril 2, 2022April 7, 2022AuthorEvgeniya Kartashova

One of the main risks for sea life is trash floating in the ocean, which with time piles up in huge garbage patches. System 002 suggests how to clean up the oceans from plastic pollution and to decrease the sizes Read More …

CategoriesInitiativeTagsgarbage patch, ocean, plastic, sea life

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The problem with the plastic

Posted onFebruary 20, 2018February 19, 2018AuthorEUCC-D

Mechanical capacity and stability are the main features of plastic products. Exactly this characteristic makes plastic to a problem when it becomes waste. As a consequence, plastic litter needs hundreds to thousands years to disintegrate. Already in 2014, 270.000 tons Read More …

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