The world is facing a huge waste problem. Researchers have simulated how much plastic will be produced in the coming decades and how it will be discarded. The forecast is grim. Plastic waste is omnipresent: it can be found in oceans, rivers, and lakes worldwide. Tiny particles can also be found in people and animals. … Read more
The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country Plastic waste that started as packaging clogs tropical landfills. apomares/Getty Images Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of … Read more
JAMBIN Handover at the CMU Jetty on August 23, 2019 The Centre of Blue Economy and Innovation is on a constant quest to find and implement methods to protect and conserve our ocean. One such project is the “Jambin Project ”. This device is a floating water filter that uses aeration technology to trap solid … Read more
There’s no ‘garbage patch’ in the Southern Indian Ocean, so where does all the rubbish go? Plastic waste on a remote beach in Sri Lanka. Author provided Mirjam van der Mheen, University of Western Australia; Charitha Pattiaratchi, University of Western Australia, and Erik van Sebille, Utrecht University Great areas of our rubbish are known to … Read more
We can clean the Kingston Harbour. Yes – we can. I have to confess: I believe that we can clean the Kingston Harbour Bay (KHB). This confidence in the possibility is tested quite hard after every rain. Last Thursday it was time again – at this time it was bad. For weeks there was no … Read more
iASPIRE International’s Project Blue On March 22, 2019, the newly developed project/initiative iASPIRE International’s Project Blue, facilitated by Ms. Leneka Rhoden, Kingston and St. Andrew’s 2018 Festival Queen, was launched in the FESTO auditorium at the Caribbean Maritime University. The project identifies and seeks to use all avenues geared at minimizing and ultimately eliminating marine … Read more
Ms. Leneka Rhoden, Project Manager Leneka Rhoden is the reigning Miss Kingston and St. Andrew Festival Queen 2018. She is the founder and Managing Director of e-Biome: a Scientific Research and Development Consultancy geared towards transforming the role of STEM in Jamaica. She is also the founder and Executive Director of iAspire International, a non-profit … Read more
Plastic bag bans can backfire if consumers just use other plastics instead One use and done? Not always. Peteruetz/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Rebecca Taylor, University of Sydney Governments are increasingly banning the use of plastic products, such as carryout bags, straws, utensils and microbeads. The goal is to reduce the amount of plastic going into landfills … Read more
Climate change: obsession with plastic pollution distracts attention from bigger environmental challenges When temperatures rise and ice melts, more water flows to the seas and ocean water warms and expands in volume. Shutterstock Rick Stafford, Bournemouth University and Peter JS Jones, UCL By now, most of us have heard that the use of plastics is … Read more
What do elephants have to do with the plastic waste in the oceans? Nothing. Thats right. Normally. In order to better imagine the monstrosity of the problem, elephants come into play. At least that’s what some scientists were thinking about to illustrate the problem. It sounds almost funny if it would not be so sad. … Read more