Month: June 2018

New roadmap toward healthier and cleaner oceans adopted by UN Environment and European Commission

Today, UN Environment and the European Commission agreed to deepen  their cooperation through the 2018 Oceans Roadmap 2.0,  addressing in particular the threats of pollution and marine litter, in line with UN Environment and EC international commitments and the implementation of ocean related Sustainable Development Goals. The Roadmap 2.0 on Healthy, Productive and Resilient Oceans sees…
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Microbeads ban comes into force in the UK

A ban on the sale of products containing plastic “microbeads”, such as face scrubs and toothpaste, comes into force today in the UK. The ban on the sale of rinse-off cosmetics which contain the tiny pieces of plastic is part of efforts to prevent them being washed down the drain and ending up in rivers…
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CleanAtlantic was presented in the OSPAR ICG-ML

CleanAtlantic participated in the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Marine Litter organised by OSPAR on the 13th-14th June 2018. The meeting was hosted in Berlin (Germany) and chaired by Stefanie Werner (DE) and Mareike Erfeling. For more details please visit the OSPAR website. The project was presented by our colleagues from DROTA (Pedro Sepúlveda) and CEDRE (Loïc…
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La OCU halla microplásticos en el 68% de alimentos marinos analizados

La Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) ha encontrado microplásticos en 69 de los 102 alimentos de origen marino (68%) que han analizado, entre los que había muestras de sal, moluscos y crustáceos. Las muestras de sal, mejillones, almejas, chirlas, langostinos, langosta y gambas contenían principalmente microfibras y microfilms, según ha detallado la OCU en un comunicado. En el caso…
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The planet is on edge of a global plastic calamity

We urgently need consumers, business and governments to cut consumption of single-use, throwaway plastics, writes the UN Environment chief Plastic pollution has grabbed the world’s attention, and with good cause. More than 100 years after its invention, we’re addicted. To pass a day without encountering some form of plastic is nearly impossible. We’ve always been…
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La industria cosmética europea reduce el uso de micropartículas plásticas en casi un 98 %

La industria cosmética europea ha reducido el uso de micropartículas plásticas en productos cosméticos que se aclaran -exfoliantes y otros artículos para limpieza de la piel- casi en un 98 %, sustituyendo estas partículas con otras alternativas por “responsabilidad y compromiso con la salud del mar”, según un comunicado remitido por la Asociación Nacional de Perfumería…
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CleanAtlantic will participate in the 10th International Conference of Marine BioInvasions

The 10th International Conference of Marine BioInvasions (ICMB-X) will be held in Puerto Madryn in Patagonia, Argentina, between the 16-18 October 2018. CleanAtlantic will be presented by João Canning-Clode (our partner from ARDITI) in an oral communication titled “Hitch-hikers on marine debris: understanding new arrivals in an offshore island”. For this work, ARDITI recently initiated a research program to evaluate…
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CleanAtlantic participa en la Jornada sobre Retos Tecnológicos para la localización, el seguimiento y la retirada de Basuras Marinas

La Plataforma tecnológica PROTECMA organiza una Jornada sobre “RETOS TECNOLÓGICOS PARA LA LOCALIZACIÓN, EL SEGUIMIENTO Y LA RETIRADA DE BASURAS MARINAS” que tendrá lugar en CETMAR en Vigo el 13 de junio. El objetivo de la Jornada es presentar diferentes  iniciativas y proyectos que ya estén abordando algunas de estas temáticas  e identificar lagunas tecnológicas y de conocimiento que…
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