Hoʻolaha ka Ocean Foundation, Conservation X Labs a me nā hoa i nā mea hope loa he 12 no $650,000 Microfiber Innovation Challenge kālā kālā.

WASHINGTON, DC - Ua koho ʻia he ʻumikūmālua mau hopena hou no ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pollution plastic microfiber i mea hope loa me ka manawa e lanakila ai i ka ʻāpana o $650,000 ma ke ʻano o ka Conservation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

Hauʻoli ka Ocean Foundation i ka hui pū ʻana me 30 mau hui ʻē aʻe e kākoʻo i ka Challenge, e ʻimi nei i nā hoʻonā e hoʻopau i ka pollution microfiber, kahi hoʻoweliweli e piʻi nei i ke olakino kanaka a me ka honua.

“Ma ke ʻano o kā mākou hui nui ʻana me Conservation X Labs e hoʻoikaika a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hopena mālama, hauʻoli ka Ocean Foundation e hoʻomaikaʻi i nā mea hope o ka Microfiber Innovation Challenge. ʻOiai ʻo ka microplastics he ʻāpana wale nō o ka pilikia haumia plastik honua, ʻo ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou a me nā ʻenehana hou he mea nui loa i ko mākou hoʻomau ʻana e hana pū me ke kaiāulu honua i nā hoʻonā hana. No ka mālama ʻana i ka plastic i waho o ko mākou moana - pono mākou e hoʻolālā hou no ka circularity ma mua. Ua hana ka poʻe hope o kēia makahiki i nā manaʻo hoihoi e pili ana i ke ʻano e hiki ai iā mākou ke hoʻololi i nā kaʻina hana hoʻolālā waiwai e hōʻemi i ko lākou hopena holoʻokoʻa i ka honua a ma hope o ke kai," wahi a Erica Nuñez, Luna Hoʻokele, Redesigning Plastics Initiative o The Ocean Foundation.

"He mea koʻikoʻi loa ke kākoʻo ʻana i ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻenehana hou a me nā ʻenehana hou aʻe ke hoʻomau nei mākou e hana pū me ke kaiāulu honua i nā hoʻonā hana."

Erica Nuñez | Luna Polokalamu, Hoʻolālā Hou i nā Plastics Initiative o The Ocean FoundationN

He mau miliona mau liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi i hoʻokahe ʻia i ka wā e ʻaʻahu ai mākou a holoi i ko mākou lole, a hāʻawi kēia i ka 35% o nā microplastics mua i hoʻokuʻu ʻia i loko o ko mākou moana a me nā ala wai e like me ka makahiki 2017. hoike na IUCN. Pono ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka pollution microfiber i kahi hoʻololi nui i nā kaʻina hana lole a me nā lole.

Ua kono ka Microfiber Innovation Challenge i nā ʻepekema, nā ʻenekinia, nā mea olaola, nā ʻoihana a me nā mea hana hou ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa e hoʻouna i nā noi e hōʻike ana pehea e hiki ai i kā lākou hana hou ke hoʻoponopono i ka pilikia ma ke kumu, e loaʻa ana i nā palapala mai 24 mau ʻāina.

"ʻO kēia kekahi o nā hana hou hou e pono ai e hana i kahi wā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Paul Bunje, Co-Founder of Conservation X Labs. "ʻOliʻoli mākou i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kākoʻo koʻikoʻi i nā hoʻonā maoli, nā huahana, a me nā mea hana e hoʻoponopono nei i ka ulu ʻana o ka pilikia pollution plastic."

Ua hoʻoholo ʻia nā mea hope e nā panela o waho o ka poʻe loea i huki ʻia mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻoihana lole hoʻomau, nā loea noiʻi microplastics, a me nā accelerators hou. Hoʻoholo ʻia nā mea hou i ka hiki, hiki ke ulu, ka hopena o ke kaiapuni, a me ke ʻano hou o kā lākou ala.

ʻo lākou:

• AlgiKnit, Brooklyn, NY - Eco-conscious, renewable yarns i loaʻa mai ka limu kelp, kekahi o nā mea ola hou loa ma ka honua.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, India - Nā mea'ē aʻe e hoʻohana hou ana i nā'ōpala mahiʻai i nā fiber maoli a me ka hana kiʻekiʻe.

• ʻO nā fiber ma muli o ka graphene e Nanolom, Lādana, UK - He hana hou i hoʻolālā mua ʻia no ka hoʻōla hou ʻana o ka ʻili a me ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā ʻeha i hoʻohana ʻia i nā fiber a me nā lole no ka lole. ʻAʻole ia he mea ʻawaʻawa, biodegradable, recyclable, ʻaʻole hoʻokahe a hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia me ka ʻole o nā mea hoʻohui, me ka hoʻoili ʻana i nā waiwai "mea kupanaha" o ka graphene i ka ikaika a me ka māmā.

• Kintra Fibers, Brooklyn, NY - He polymer bio-based a compostable i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka hana textile synthetic, e hāʻawi ana i nā lole lole me kahi mea ikaika, palupalu, a me ke kumu kūʻai.

• Na Mea Mango, Oakland, CA - Ke hoʻohuli nei kēia ʻenehana hana hou i nā hoʻokuʻu kalapona i loko o nā fiber biopolyester biodegradable.

• Kuʻi pulupulu maoli, Peoria, IL - Hoʻohana ʻia nā ʻupena hoʻopaʻa paʻa e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i nā fiber maoli no ka mālama ʻana i ke ʻano o kahi yarn a hoʻomaikaʻi i nā hiʻohiʻona hana lole e like me ka manawa maloʻo a me ka hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe.

• Huila ʻalani, Catania, Italia - Hoʻokomo kēia hana hou i kahi kaʻina hana patent no ka hana ʻana i nā lole hoʻomau mai nā huahana o ka wai citrus.

• PANGAIA x MTIX Microfiber Mitigation, West Yorkshire, UK – ʻO kahi noi hou o ka ʻenehana hoʻonui ʻia o ka ʻili laser multiplexed o MTIX (MLSE®) e hoʻololi i nā ʻili o nā fiber i loko o kahi lole e pale ai i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana o ka microfiber.

• Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland – Hoʻololi ʻia ka lāʻau i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia e ka mīkini a i ʻole ka ʻōpala i loko o ka fiber textile me ka ʻole o nā kemika ʻino i ke kaʻina hana.

• Squitex, Philadelphia, PA - Ke hoʻohana nei kēia mea hou i ka hoʻohālikelike genetic a me ka biology synthetic e hana i kahi ʻano protein kūʻokoʻa i ʻike mua ʻia i loko o nā tentacles o ka hee.

• Lāʻauʻano, Lādana, UK - He ʻano ʻili hou o ka mea kanu i hana ʻia mai ka ʻōpala o ke kūlanakauhale, nā ʻōpala mahiʻai a me nā ʻōpala ululāʻau e hoʻohana ana ma lalo o 1% o ka wai i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka hana ʻili.

• Na Uila Werewool, New York City, NY - ʻO kēia hana hou e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka biotechnology e hoʻolālā i nā fibers hou me nā hale kikoʻī e hoʻohālike i nā waiwai aesthetic a me nā mea hana i loaʻa i ke ʻano.

No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā mea hope i koho ʻia, e hele i https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

E wehe ʻia ka poʻe lanakila o ka makana ma kahi hanana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o 2022 ma ke ʻano he Solutions Fair and Awards Ceremony. Hiki i nā Media a me nā lālā o ka lehulehu ke hoʻopaʻa inoa no nā mea hou, me ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hele ʻana i ka hanana, ma ke kau inoa ʻana i ka nūpepa CXL ma: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Mālama X Labs he hui hana hou a me ka ʻenehana ma Wakinekona, DC me kahi misionari e pale ai i ke ono o ka luku nui ʻana. I kēlā me kēia makahiki hoʻopuka ʻo ia i nā hoʻokūkū honua e hāʻawi ana i nā makana kālā i nā hopena maikaʻi loa no nā pilikia mālama mālama. Koho ʻia nā kumuhana paʻakikī ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā manawa e hiki ai i ka ʻenehana a me nā mea hou ke hoʻoponopono i nā hoʻoweliweli i nā kaiaola a me ke kaiapuni.

No kaʻike hou aku, e hoʻokaʻaʻike:

Mālama X Labs
ʻO Amy Corrine Richards, [pale ʻia ka leka uila]

Ka Moana Foundation
Jason Donofrio, +1 (202) 313-3178, jdonofrio@​oceanfdn.​org