The Ocean Foundation, Conservation X Labs da abokan haɗin gwiwa sun ba da sanarwar 12 na ƙarshe don $ 650,000 Microfiber Innovation Challenge Awards.

WASHINGTON, DC - 650,000 sababbin hanyoyin magance gurɓatawar microfiber na filastik an zaɓi su a matsayin ƴan wasan ƙarshe tare da damar cin kaso na $XNUMX a zaman wani ɓangare na Kalubalen Innovation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation.

Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation ta yi farin cikin yin hadin gwiwa da wasu kungiyoyi 30 don tallafawa kalubalen, wanda ke neman mafita don dakatar da gurbacewar yanayi, wanda ke kara yin barazana ga lafiyar dan Adam da ta duniya.

"A matsayin wani ɓangare na babban haɗin gwiwarmu tare da Conservation X Labs don haɓakawa da haɓaka sakamakon kiyayewa, Gidauniyar Ocean Foundation tana farin cikin taya waɗanda suka kammala ƙalubalen Innovation na Microfiber murna. Yayin da microplastics yanki ɗaya ne na matsalar gurɓacewar filastik ta duniya, tallafawa bincike da haɓaka sabbin fasahohi da sabbin fasahohi yana da matuƙar mahimmanci yayin da muke ci gaba da yin aiki tare da al'ummomin duniya kan hanyoyin ƙirƙirar. Don kiyaye filastik daga cikin tekunmu - muna buƙatar sake fasalin don kewayawa da farko. 'Yan wasan karshe na wannan shekara sun ba da shawarwari masu ban sha'awa game da yadda za mu iya canza tsarin ƙirar kayan aiki don rage tasirinsu gaba ɗaya a duniya da kuma teku," in ji Erica Nuñez, Jami'in Shirye-shiryen, Sake fasalin Filastik Initiative na Gidauniyar Ocean.

"Tallafawa bincike da haɓaka sabbin fasahohi da sabbin fasahohi yana da matuƙar mahimmanci yayin da muke ci gaba da yin aiki tare da al'ummomin duniya kan hanyoyin ƙirƙirar."

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Miliyoyin ƙananan zaruruwa suna zubarwa lokacin da muke sawa da wanke tufafinmu, kuma waɗannan suna ba da gudummawa ga kimanin kashi 35% na ƙananan microplastics da aka saki a cikin tekuna da hanyoyin ruwa bisa ga 2017. Rahoton da IUCN. Tsayawa gurbacewar microfiber yana buƙatar canji mai mahimmanci a cikin matakan samar da yadi da tufafi.

Kalubalen Innovation na Microfiber ya gayyaci masana kimiyya, injiniyoyi, masana kimiyyar halittu, ’yan kasuwa da masu kirkire-kirkire a duk duniya don gabatar da aikace-aikacen da ke nuna yadda sabbin abubuwan da suka kirkira za su iya magance matsalar a tushen, suna karbar bayanai daga kasashe 24.

Paul Bunje, Co-kafa na Conservation X Labs ya ce "Waɗannan su ne wasu sabbin sabbin juyin juya hali waɗanda ake buƙata don ƙirƙirar makoma mai dorewa." "Muna farin cikin bayar da tallafi mai mahimmanci ga ainihin mafita, samfura, da kayan aikin da ke magance rikicin gurɓacewar filastik."

An yanke hukunci na karshe ta bangarorin biyu na kwararru na kwararru da aka zana daga fadin masana'antar ko masana bincike, da kuma tasoshin kararraki. An yi la'akari da sababbin abubuwa akan yuwuwar, yuwuwar haɓaka, tasirin muhalli, da sabon salo na hanyarsu.

Su ne:

• AlgiKnit, Brooklyn, NY - Eco-sani, yadudduka masu sabuntawa waɗanda aka samo daga kelp seaweed, ɗaya daga cikin mafi yawan kwayoyin halitta a duniya.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, Indiya - Madadin kayan da ke sake dawo da sharar aikin noma zuwa nau'ikan zaruruwan yanayi masu inganci.

• Zabura na tushen Graphene ta Nanloom, London, UK - Wani sabon abu da aka fara tsara don sake farfadowa da fata da kuma warkar da raunuka da ake amfani da su a cikin zaruruwa da yadudduka don tufafi. Ba shi da guba, mai yuwuwa, mai iya sake yin amfani da shi, baya zubarwa kuma ana iya hana shi ruwa ba tare da ƙari ba, ban da gadon “kayan al'ajabi” na graphene don kasancewa mai ƙarfi da nauyi.

• Kintra Fibers, Brooklyn, NY - Ƙwararren ƙwayar halitta da kuma takin polymer wanda aka inganta don samar da yadudduka na roba, yana samar da samfurori na tufafi tare da wani abu mai karfi, mai laushi, da farashi mai tsada.

• Kayan Mangoro, Oakland, CA - Wannan sabuwar fasahar masana'anta tana juyar da sharar da iskar carbon zuwa filayen biopolyester mai lalacewa.

• Halitta Fiber Welding, Peoria, IL - Cibiyoyin haɗin gwiwa da ke riƙe da filaye na halitta tare an ƙera su don sarrafa nau'in yarn da haɓaka fasalin aikin masana'anta ciki har da lokacin bushewa da iyawar danshi.

• Orange Fiber, Catania, Italiya - Wannan bidi'a ya haɗa da tsarin haƙƙin mallaka don ƙirƙirar yadudduka masu ɗorewa daga samfuran ruwan 'ya'yan itace citrus.

• PANGAIA x MTIX Ragewar Microfiber, West Yorkshire, UK - A novel aikace-aikace na MTIX's multiplexed Laser surface kayan haɓɓaka aiki (MLSE®) fasaha canza saman na zaruruwa a cikin wani masana'anta don hana microfiber zubar.

• Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland - Itace mai ladabi ta injina ko sharar gida ana juya ta zama fiber na yadi ba tare da wani sinadari mai cutarwa ba a cikin tsarin masana'anta.

• Squitex, Philadelphia, PA - Wannan sabon abu yana amfani da jerin kwayoyin halitta da ilimin halitta na halitta don samar da tsarin gina jiki na musamman wanda aka samo asali a cikin tanti na squid.

• TreeKind, London, UK - Wani sabon madadin fata na shuka wanda aka yi daga sharar shukar birane, sharar gonaki da sharar daji da ke amfani da kasa da kashi 1% na ruwa idan aka kwatanta da samar da fata.

• Warewool Fibers, Birnin New York, NY - Wannan ƙirƙira ta ƙunshi amfani da fasahar kere kere don tsara sababbin zaruruwa tare da ƙayyadaddun tsarin da ke kwatanta kayan ado da kayan aiki da aka samo a cikin yanayi.

Don ƙarin koyo game da waɗanda aka zaɓa na ƙarshe, je zuwa https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

Za a bayyana wadanda suka ci kyautar a wani taron a farkon 2022 a zaman wani bangare na Baje kolin Magani da Bikin Kyauta. Kafofin watsa labarai da membobin jama'a na iya yin rajista don sabuntawa, gami da bayani kan yadda ake halartar taron, ta hanyar biyan kuɗi zuwa wasiƙar CXL a: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Game da Conservation X Labs

Kiyaye X Labs wani kamfani ne na kirkire-kirkire da fasaha na tushen Washington, DC tare da manufa don hana bacewar jama'a na shida. Kowace shekara tana ba da gasa ta duniya da ke ba da kyaututtukan kuɗi don mafi kyawun mafita don takamaiman matsalolin kiyayewa. An zaɓi batutuwan ƙalubalen ta hanyar gano dama inda fasaha da ƙirƙira za su iya magance barazanar yanayin muhalli da muhalli.

Don ƙarin bayani, tuntuɓi:

Kiyaye X Labs
Amy Corrine Richards, [email kariya]

The Ocean Foundation
Jason Donofrio, +1 (202) 313-3178, [email protected]