Ocean Foundation, Conservation X Labs ndi anzawo alengeza omaliza 12 kuti alandire mphotho ya $650,000 Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

Washington, DC - Njira khumi ndi ziwiri zothanirana ndi kuipitsidwa kwa mapulasitiki a microfiber asankhidwa kukhala omaliza omwe ali ndi mwayi wopambana gawo la $650,000 monga gawo la Conservation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

Ocean Foundation ndiwokonzeka kugwirizana ndi mabungwe ena 30 kuti athandizire Vutoli, lomwe likufuna njira zothetsera kuipitsa kwa microfiber, zomwe zikuwopseza thanzi la anthu ndi mapulaneti.

“Monga gawo limodzi la mgwirizano wathu ndi Conservation X Labs kuti tilimbikitse ndi kukonza zoteteza zachilengedwe, a Ocean Foundation ndiwokondwa kuthokoza omwe adamaliza nawo mpikisano wa Microfiber Innovation Challenge. Ngakhale ma microplastics ndi gawo limodzi chabe la vuto la kuwononga pulasitiki padziko lonse lapansi, kuthandizira kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha matekinoloje atsopano ndi otsogola ndikofunikira kwambiri pamene tikupitiriza kugwira ntchito ndi anthu padziko lonse lapansi pakupanga zothetsera. Kuti tisunge pulasitiki m'nyanja yathu - tiyenera kukonzanso zozungulira poyambira. Omaliza a chaka chino apereka malingaliro odabwitsa amomwe tingasinthire njira zopangira zida kuti zichepetse kukhudzika kwawo padziko lonse lapansi komanso panyanja, "atero a Erica Nuñez, Program Officer, Redesigning Plastics Initiative ya The Ocean Foundation.

"Kuthandizira kafukufuku ndi chitukuko cha matekinoloje atsopano ndi otsogola ndikofunikira kwambiri pamene tikupitilizabe kugwira ntchito ndi anthu padziko lonse lapansi pakupanga mayankho."

Erica Nunez | Program Officer, Redesigning Plastics Initiative ya The Ocean FoundationN

Miliyoni ya tinthu tating'onoting'ono timataya tikavala ndikutsuka zovala zathu, ndipo izi zimathandizira kuti pafupifupi 35% ya ma microplastic oyambira omwe amatulutsidwa m'nyanja zathu ndi m'mphepete mwa madzi malinga ndi 2017. lipoti ndi IUCN. Kuyimitsa kuipitsa kwa microfiber kumafuna kusintha kwakukulu pakupanga nsalu ndi zovala.

Microfiber Innovation Challenge idapempha asayansi, mainjiniya, akatswiri azachilengedwe, amalonda ndi akatswiri opanga zinthu padziko lonse lapansi kuti atumize mapulogalamu owonetsa momwe luso lawo lingathetsere vutoli pagwero, ndikulandila zolemba kuchokera kumayiko 24.

"Izi ndi zina mwazinthu zatsopano zomwe zimafunikira kuti pakhale tsogolo lokhazikika," adatero Paul Bunje, Co-Founder wa Conservation X Labs. "Ndife okondwa kupereka chithandizo chofunikira pamayankho enieni, zogulitsa, ndi zida zomwe zikulimbana ndi vuto lomwe likukulirakulirabe loipitsidwa ndi pulasitiki."

Omaliza adasankhidwa ndi magulu akunja a akatswiri ochokera kumakampani okhazikika a zovala, akatswiri ofufuza a microplastics, ndi ma accelerators. Zatsopano zidaweruzidwa pa kuthekera, kuthekera kwa kukula, kukhudzidwa kwa chilengedwe, ndi zachilendo za njira yawo.

Ali:

• AlgiKnit, Brooklyn, NY - Eco-conscious, ulusi wongowonjezwdwa kuchokera ku kelp seaweed, chimodzi mwa zamoyo zosinthika kwambiri padziko lapansi.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, India - Zida zina zomwe zimabwezeretsanso zinyalala zaulimi kukhala ulusi wachilengedwe wosinthasintha komanso wochita bwino kwambiri.

• Ulusi wopangidwa ndi graphene ndi Nanolom, London, UK - Chidziwitso choyambirira chomwe chinapangidwira kukonzanso khungu ndi machiritso a mabala omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito ku ulusi ndi nsalu zobvala. Sichiwopsezo, chowola, chogwiritsidwanso ntchito, sichikhetsedwa ndipo chimatha kutetezedwa ndi madzi popanda zowonjezera, kuwonjezera pa kutengera zinthu za "zodabwitsa" za graphene pokhala amphamvu modabwitsa komanso opepuka.

• Kintra Fibers, Brooklyn, NY - Polima wa eni ake a bio-based komanso kompositi omwe amakometsedwa kuti apange nsalu zopangira, kupereka zovala zokhala ndi zida zolimba, zofewa, komanso zotsika mtengo.

• Zinthu za Mango, Oakland, CA - Ukadaulo wamakono wopangira zinthu umasandutsa mpweya wotayira wa carbon kukhala ulusi wa biodegradable biopolyester.

• Natural Fiber Welding, Peoria, IL - Maukonde omangirira omwe amasunga ulusi wachilengedwe palimodzi amapangidwa kuti aziwongolera mawonekedwe a ulusi ndikuwongolera magwiridwe antchito a nsalu kuphatikiza nthawi yowuma komanso kuthekera kochotsa chinyezi.

• Orange Fiber, Catania, Italy - Kukonzekera kumeneku kumaphatikizapo ndondomeko yovomerezeka yopangira nsalu zokhazikika kuchokera kuzinthu zopangidwa ndi madzi a citrus.

• PANGAIA x MTIX Microfiber Mitigation, West Yorkshire, UK - Kugwiritsa ntchito kwatsopano kwaukadaulo wa MTIX's multiplexed laser surface enhancement (MLSE®) kumasintha mawonekedwe a ulusi mkati mwa nsalu kuti aletse kukhetsa kwa microfiber.

• Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland - Mitengo yoyengedwa mwamakina kapena zinyalala zimasinthidwa kukhala ulusi wansalu wopanda mankhwala owopsa popanga.

• Squitex, Philadelphia, PA - Chidziwitso ichi chimagwiritsa ntchito kutsata kwa ma genetic ndi biology yopanga kupanga mapangidwe apadera a mapuloteni omwe amapezeka m'mahema a squid.

• Mtengo wa TreeKind, London, UK - Njira yatsopano yachikopa yopangidwa ndi zomera yopangidwa kuchokera ku zinyalala za zomera zakumidzi, zinyalala zaulimi ndi zinyalala zankhalango zomwe zimagwiritsa ntchito madzi osachepera 1% poyerekeza ndi kupanga zikopa.

• Zida za Werewool, New York City, NY - Kukonzekera kumeneku kumaphatikizapo kugwiritsa ntchito biotechnology kupanga ulusi watsopano wokhala ndi mapangidwe apadera omwe amatsanzira kukongola ndi machitidwe omwe amapezeka m'chilengedwe.

Kuti mudziwe zambiri za omaliza osankhidwa, pitani ku https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

Omwe apambana mphotho adzawululidwa pamwambo koyambirira kwa 2022 ngati gawo lamwambo wa Solutions Fair ndi Mphotho. Ofalitsa nkhani ndi anthu atha kulembetsa kuti adziwe zosintha, kuphatikizapo zambiri za momwe angachitire nawo mwambowu, polembetsa ku nyuzipepala ya CXL pa: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Za Conservation X Labs

Conservation X Labs ndi kampani yaukadaulo yaku Washington, DC yomwe ili ndi cholinga choletsa kutha kwachisanu ndi chimodzi. Chaka chilichonse imapanga mpikisano wapadziko lonse wopereka mphotho zandalama ku mayankho abwino kwambiri pamavuto enaake oteteza. Mitu yotsutsa imasankhidwa pozindikira mipata yomwe ukadaulo ndi luso zimatha kuthana ndi zoopsa zomwe zingachitike pazachilengedwe komanso chilengedwe.

Kuti mumve zambiri, funsani:

Conservation X Labs
Amy Corrine Richards, [imelo ndiotetezedwa]

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