#discoverpurpose - oceans - january 2017
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#DISCOVERPURPOSE SOLVING
OCEANS How are startups, SMEs and MNCssolving and capitalising on challenges facing OCEANS in Asia?
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300-400 MILLION TONS OF POLLUTED WASTE DISCHARGED INTO OCEANS ANNUALLY
By 2050, there will be
more plastic than fish in the
oceans.
60% of ocean plastic waste comes from China, Indonesia, the
Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Cleaning up the giant plastic gyresThe Ocean Cleanup develops advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. There are huge garbage patches in all of the large oceans, but they are dispersed. Their technology acts like an artificial coastline to passively concentrate the plastic by orders of magnitude - and this is fully powered by natural ocean currents.
Image Credit: Erwin Zwart/The Ocean Cleanup
OXYMEM | IRELAND, UK
A wastewater treatment technology by OxyMem, directly
delivers oxygen to microorganisms which break down pollutants. This reduces
energy consumption for aeration by up to 75%.
IMAGE CREDIT: Ecovative
ENTOFOOD | MALAYSIA
A sustainable biological process developed by Entofood converts
organic waste into insect biomass and fertiliser, sustaining
food security and pressure on forage fish stocks.
BANK SAMPAH BINTANG MANGROVE | INDONESIA
Chusniyati, founder of Bank Sampah Bintang Mangrove
empowers fishermen and local housewives to pick up trash from
the river-banks for recycling. Over 800 kg of waste is collected
each month through 120 housewives and 15 fishermen.
PIONEERSJoseph Wee, owner of Blue Marine Fish Farm, makes use of bio-carbon made from petroleum waste to introduce good bacteria into the water to mitigate the effects of Harmful Algal Blooms.
We use petroleum waste that is collected from used oils in shipyards and vehicle workshops. This waste is burned in a vacuum, converting the hydrocarbon in the waste into carbon crystals that when combined with a binding agent, forms bio-carbons that encloses good bacteria in a carbon block. This neutralises the harmful planktons and their toxins.
- Mr Joseph Wee, Owner of Blue Marine Fish Farm. Watch his story here.
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Produce zero-emission power and direct desalinated water
Carnegie Clean Energy is an innovative company delivering a combination of wave, solar, and wind energy, energy storage, and desalination into microgrids.
Look in the mirror, what are you doing? What are the sources of the problems? And go back to the source, and then do what you can, armed with knowledge, and fix it.
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Sylvia A. EarleNational Geographic Explorer-in-Residence
Click to watch our exclusive interview with Sylvia A. Earle
WHAT YOU CAN DO NEXTAdapt, apply and profit by putting sustainable development at the core of your business.
Work across all your business silos to help everyone understand the issue and be inspired to make a difference and get the sustainability results you need.
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WHAT YOU CAN DO NEXTAdapt, apply and profit by putting sustainable development at the core of your business.
SHARE YOUR STORIES
Re-design your BUSINESS STRATEGY to tackle these challenges anywhere in Asia or run a WORKSHOP to introduce your team to detailed insights and stories behind this report.
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