{"id":3150,"date":"2020-07-02T21:35:45","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T21:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squeelio.com\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2021-05-19T06:03:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T06:03:18","slug":"the-world-ocean-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novelesque.ai\/index.php\/2020\/07\/02\/the-world-ocean-initiative\/","title":{"rendered":"The World Ocean Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Things are not looking good for the world’s ocean. The Ocean Conservancy reports that 8m tonnes of plastic are entering the ocean annually.\u00a0 The impact on the ocean is well understood, and steps are being taken on a global scale to eliminate plastic waste and pollution. The future of plastics in the ocean will be defined by the way how plastics are managed on land. The detrimental impact of plastic on the world’s oceans will not be reduced until the terrestrial supply chain and end-to-end solutions are revised.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As things stand, the world is not going to burn in the fires of armageddon but drown in a sea of filth. Flotsam and jetsam were never so filthy.<\/p>\n

In addition to the effect on ocean health, the impact on the global economy is deleterious.\u00a0 As reported by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, US$80bn-120bn is lost per year to the global economy because of the mismanagement of plastic waste. That kind of money could end poverty and reduce physical suffering.<\/p>\n

And let us not forget marine life. We tend to measure disasters by their impact on humans. We have been abusing marine life for a good century in a maritime genocide.<\/p>\n

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Dirty old town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finding solutions across the entire plastics value chain is key \u2013 from collection, processing, recycling, design and end markets and it will be essential to get consumer acceptance of innovative approaches.\u00a0 At the same time, increased support from governments, industry, and investors is required to upscale solutions and reverse engineer marine pollution. This is a\u00a0 global challenge that impacts every economy so we can no longer be indulging in virtue signaling, paying lip service, and then doing bugger all about it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Critical components of a global rescue plan are:<\/p>\n