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"Operating in 12 locations across three countries worldwide, including the USA,
Guatemala, and Indonesia, 4ocean has become one of the leading ocean cleanup
company dedicated to ending the ocean plastic crisis.
“4ocean is incredibly proud to have accomplished this record-setting feat,”
said Alex Schulze, 4ocean CEO and co-founder. He adds: “We’ve built an entire
business for the sole purpose of cleaning the ocean. With hundreds of local
captains and crew members recovering trash from our oceans and coastlines seven
days a week and the support of millions of people doing their part to prevent
plastic pollution, I’m sure our work will have a lasting impact on the ocean.”
Schulze made the announcement after the 4ocean TrashTracker, a proprietary
database used to document the company’s recovered materials from recovery
through their entire supply chain, was independently audited and verified by
GreenCircle Certified, an internationally recognised third-party certification
entity whose thorough evaluation process provides independent verification that
sustainability claims related to an organisation’s products and operations are
honest, valid, and verified.
The world has produced an estimated 18.3 trillion pounds of plastic since the
1950s; less than 10% of it has been recycled while 79% accumulates in the
environment. Global plastic production is expected to triple by 2050, according
to the World Economic Forum, which means an increase in the amount of plastic
waste polluting the environment.
But plastic pollution isn’t just an environmental issue; it also threatens the
global economy and global food security. Ocean-based industries like fishing
and tourism employ billions of people; the blue economy also contributes
several trillion dollars of goods and services to the global economy every
year. More than 3 billion get their primary source of protein from seafood."
Via
Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
