The Ocean Foundation, Conservation X Labs na ndị mmekọ na-akpọsa ndị ikpeazụ 12 maka $ 650,000 Microfiber Innovation Challenge Awards.

WASHINGTON, DC - Ahọpụtala ụzọ ọhụụ iri na abụọ maka ikwado mmetọ microfiber rọba dị ka ndị ikpeazụ nwere ohere iji nweta oke $650,000 dịka akụkụ nke Conservation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

The Ocean Foundation nwere obi ụtọ iso otu 30 ndị ọzọ na-arụkọ ọrụ iji kwado ihe ịma aka ahụ, nke na-achọ ihe ngwọta iji kwụsị mmetọ microfiber, ihe iyi egwu na-arịwanye elu na ahụike mmadụ na mbara ala.

"Dịka akụkụ nke mmekọrịta sara mbara anyị na Conservation X Labs iji kwalite ma melite nsonaazụ nchekwa, The Ocean Foundation nwere obi ụtọ ịkele ndị ikpeazụ nke Microfiber Innovation Challenge. Ọ bụ ezie na microplastics bụ nanị otu akụkụ nke nsogbu mmetọ plastik zuru ụwa ọnụ, ịkwado nyocha na mmepe nke teknụzụ ọhụrụ na nke ọhụrụ dị oke mkpa ka anyị na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na obodo zuru ụwa ọnụ na ngwọta okike. Iji mee ka plastik pụọ n'oké osimiri anyị - anyị kwesịrị imegharịgharị maka okirikiri na mbụ. Ndị ikpeazụ nke afọ a enyela ndụmọdụ dị egwu gbasara otu anyị nwere ike isi gbanwee usoro imepụta ihe iji belata mmetụta ha na ụwa na n'ikpeazụ oke osimiri," Erica Nuñez, onye ọrụ mmemme, Redesigning Plastics Initiative nke The Ocean Foundation kwuru.

"Ịkwado nyocha na mmepe nke teknụzụ ọhụrụ na nke ọhụrụ dị oke mkpa ka anyị na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ na obodo zuru ụwa ọnụ na ngwọta mmepụta ihe."

Erica Nuñez | Onye ọrụ mmemme, Nhazigharị Plastics Initiative nke The Ocean Foundation

Ọtụtụ nde obere eriri na-awụpụ mgbe anyị na-eyi ma na-asa uwe anyị, ndị a na-atụnye aka na ihe dị ka 35% nke microplastics bụ isi ewepụtara n'oké osimiri na ụzọ mmiri dị ka 2017 si kwuo. akụkọ nke IUCN. Ịkwụsị mmetọ microfiber chọrọ mgbanwe dị ukwuu na usoro mmepụta akwa na uwe.

Ihe ịma aka Microfiber Innovation Challenge kpọrọ ndị ọkà mmụta sayensị, ndị injinia, ndị ọkà mmụta ihe ndị dị ndụ, ndị ọchụnta ego na ndị na-emepụta ihe ọhụrụ n'ofe ụwa ka ha nyefee ngwa na-egosi ka ihe ọhụrụ ha nwere ike isi dozie nsogbu ahụ na isi iyi, na-anata ntinye sitere na mba 24.

"Ndị a bụ ụfọdụ n'ime mgbanwe mgbanwe mgbanwe dị mkpa iji mepụta ọdịnihu ga-adigide," ka Paul Bunje, Co-guzobere nke Conservation X Labs kwuru. "Anyị nwere obi ụtọ ịnye nkwado dị mkpa maka ezigbo ngwọta, ngwaahịa, na ngwaọrụ ndị na-edozi nsogbu mmetọ rọba na-eto ngwa ngwa."

Ekpebiri ndị ikpeazụ ahụ site n'aka ndị ọkachamara dịpụrụ adịpụ nke sitere n'ofe ụlọ ọrụ akwa na-adigide, ndị ọkachamara nyocha microplastics, na ndị na-eme ngwa ngwa ọhụrụ. Ekpebiri ihe ọhụrụ n'ihe ga-ekwe omume, ikike itolite, mmetụta gburugburu ebe obibi, na ihe ọhụrụ nke ụzọ ha si aga.

Ha bụ:

• AlgiKnit, Brooklyn, NY - Eco-conscious, yarns a na-emegharịgharị na-enweta site na mmiri mmiri kelp, otu n'ime ihe ndị na-emepụta ihe na mbara ala.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, India - Ihe ndị ọzọ na-emeghachi ihe mkpofu ọrụ ugbo ka ọ bụrụ eriri eke na-arụ ọrụ dị elu.

• Fibre dabere na Graphene site na Nanloom, London, UK - Ihe ọhụrụ emebere na mbụ maka imegharị akpụkpọ ahụ na ọgwụgwọ ọnya na-etinye ya na eriri na akwa maka uwe. Ọ bụ ihe na-adịghị egbu egbu, biodegradable, recyclable, adịghị wụfuo na ike kpuchiri mmiri na-enweghị mgbakwunye, na mgbakwunye na iketa graphene si "ihe ịtụnanya" Njirimara n'ịdị ike na-enweghị atụ na fechaa.

• Kintra fibers, Brooklyn, NY - Ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta ihe, na-enye ụdị uwe ejiji na ihe siri ike, dị nro na nke dị ọnụ ala-na-eri nri.

• Ngwa Mango, Oakland, CA - Teknụzụ nrụpụta ọhụrụ a na-atụgharị ikuku carbon n'efu ka ọ bụrụ eriri biopolyester nwere ike imebi.

• Natural Fiber Welding, Peoria, IL – Njikọ netwọk na-ejide eriri eke ọnụ na-enginered iji chịkwaa a yarn si ụdị na welie ákwà arụmọrụ atụmatụ gụnyere oge ọkọchị na mmiri-wicking ike.

• Akara oroma, Catania, Ịtali - Ihe ọhụrụ a na-agụnye usoro akwadoro iji mepụta akwa na-adịgide adịgide site na ngwaahịa nke ihe ọṅụṅụ citrus.

• PANGAIA x MTIX Mbelata Microfiber, West Yorkshire, UK – Ngwa akwụkwọ ọgụgụ nke teknụzụ MTIX's multiplexed laser surface enhancement (MLSE®) na-agbanwe elu nke eriri n'ime akwa iji gbochie mwụfu microfiber.

• Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland - A na-atụgharị osisi ma ọ bụ ihe mkpofu a nụchara anụcha ka ọ bụrụ eriri akwa na-enweghị kemịkalụ ọ bụla na-emerụ ahụ na usoro mmepụta ihe.

• Squitex, Filadelfia, PA - Ihe ọhụrụ a na-eji usoro mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa na usoro ihe ọmụmụ ihe na-emepụta ihe na-emepụta protein pụrụ iche nke a chọtara na tentacles nke squid.

• TreeKind, London, UK - Akpụkpọ anụ akpụkpọ anụ ọhụrụ nke sitere na ihe ọkụkụ nke obodo mepere emepe, ihe mkpofu ugbo na ahịhịa ọhịa na-eji ihe na-erughị 1% nke mmiri tụnyere mmepụta akpụkpọ anụ.

• Werewool Fiber, New York City, NY - Nke a ọhụrụ ọhụrụ na-agụnye iji biotechnology chepụta ọhụrụ eriri na kpọmkwem owuwu na-eṅomi aesthetic na arụmọrụ Njirimara dị na okike.

Iji mụtakwuo maka ndị asọmpi ikpeazụ ahọpụtara, gaa na https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

A ga-ekpughere ndị meriri ihe nrite na mmemme na mbido 2022 dịka akụkụ nke Ngosipụta Ngwọta na emume onyinye. Mgbasa ozi na ndị otu ọha nwere ike ịdebanye aha maka mmelite, gụnyere ozi gbasara otu esi aga mmemme, site na ịdenye aha na akwụkwọ akụkọ CXL na: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Banyere Nchekwa X Labs

Nchekwa X Labs bụ ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe ọhụrụ na teknụzụ dabere na Washington, DC nke nwere ebumnuche iji gbochie mkpochapụ nke isii. Kwa afọ ọ na-ewepụta asọmpi zuru ụwa ọnụ na-enye onyinye ego maka ngwọta kachasị mma maka nsogbu nchekwa kpọmkwem. A na-ahọrọ isiokwu ịma aka site n'ịchọpụta ohere ebe nkà na ụzụ na ihe ọhụrụ nwere ike imetụta ihe egwu na gburugburu ebe obibi na gburugburu ebe obibi.

Maka ama ndị ọzọ, kpọtụrụ:

Nchekwa X Labs
Amy Corrine Richards, [email protected]

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