Ocean Foundation, Conservation X Labs le balekane ba phatlalatsa ba 12 ba hapileng moputso bakeng sa letlole la moputso la $650,000 la Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

WASHINGTON, DC - Litharollo tse ncha tse leshome le metso e 'meli tsa ho sebetsana le tšilafalo ea polasetiki ea microfiber li khethiloe e le ba qetellang ka monyetla oa ho hapa karolo ea $650,000 e le karolo ea Conservation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

Ocean Foundation e thabetse ho kopana le mekhatlo e meng e 30 ho tšehetsa Phephetso, e batlang litharollo tsa ho emisa tšilafalo ea microfiber, e leng tšokelo e ntseng e eketseha bophelong ba batho le ba lipolanete.

“Joaloka karolo ea tšebelisano-’moho ea rōna e pharaletseng le Conservation X Labs ho matlafatsa le ho ntlafatsa liphello tsa paballo, The Ocean Foundation e thabetse ho thoholetsa ba fihletseng makgaola-khang a Microfiber Innovation Challenge. Leha li-microplastic e le karolo e le 'ngoe feela ea bothata ba tšilafalo ea polasetiki lefatšeng ka bophara, ho ts'ehetsa lipatlisiso le nts'etsopele ea mahlale a macha le a boqapi ho bohlokoa haholo ha re ntse re tsoela pele ho sebetsa le sechaba sa lefats'e mabapi le tharollo ea boqapi. Ho thibela polasetiki ho tsoa leoatleng la rona - re hloka ho hlophisa bocha bakeng sa ho potoloha. Bamathi ba selemo sena ba entse likhothaletso tse khahlang mabapi le hore na re ka fetola mekhoa ea meralo ea thepa joang ho fokotsa tšusumetso ea bona lefatšeng ka bophara le leoatleng, "ho boletse Erica Nuñez, Ofisiri ea Lenaneo, Redesigning Plastics Initiative ea The Ocean Foundation.

"Ho ts'ehetsa lipatlisiso le nts'etsopele ea mahlale a macha le a macha ho bohlokoa haholo ha re ntse re tsoela pele ho sebetsa le sechaba sa lefats'e mabapi le tharollo ea boqapi."

Erica Nunez | Ofisiri ea Lenaneo, Leano la ho Hlama Bocha la Plastics ea The Ocean FoundationN

Limilione tsa likhoele tse nyane li tšoloha ha re apara le ho hlatsoa liaparo tsa rona, 'me tsena li kenya letsoho ho hakanyetsoang ho 35% ea li-microplastics tsa mantlha tse lokollotsoeng maoatleng a rona le litseleng tsa metsi ho latela 2017. raporoto ka IUCN. Ho emisa tšilafalo ea microfiber ho hloka phetoho e kholo mekhoeng ea tlhahiso ea masela le liaparo.

Microfiber Innovation Challenge e ile ea memela bo-rasaense, baenjiniere, litsebi tsa baeloji, borakhoebo le baqapi lefatšeng ka bophara ho tlisa likopo tse bonts'ang hore na boqapi ba bona bo ka rarolla bothata joang mohloling, ba amohela litlhahiso tse tsoang linaheng tse 24.

"Tsena ke tse ling tsa mekhoa e mecha ea phetoho e hlokahalang ho theha bokamoso bo tsitsitseng haholoanyane," ho boletse Paul Bunje, Mothehi-'moho oa Conservation X Labs. "Re thabetse ho fana ka ts'ehetso ea bohlokoa ho litharollo tsa 'nete, lihlahisoa le lisebelisoa tse sebetsanang le koluoa ​​​​e ntseng e eketseha ea tšilafalo ea polasetiki."

Ba fihletseng qeto ba ile ba khethoa ke lihlopha tsa kantle tsa litsebi tse tsoang indastering ea liaparo tse tšoarellang, litsebi tsa lipatlisiso tsa li-microplastics, le li-accelerators tsa popontshwa. Litlhahiso li ile tsa ahloloa ka ho khoneha, monyetla oa kholo, phello ea tikoloho, le mokhoa o mocha oa mokhoa oa bona.

Ke:

• AlgiKnit, Brooklyn, NY - Eco-conscious, likhoele tse nchafalitsoeng tse nkiloeng ho kelp seaweed, e leng e 'ngoe ea lintho tse nchafatsang ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, India - Lisebelisoa tse ling tse khutlisetsang litšila tsa temo hore e be likhoele tsa tlhaho tse sebetsang ka bongata le tse sebetsang hantle.

• Likhoele tse thehiloeng ho graphene ke Nanoloom, London, UK - Ntho e ncha e qalileng e etselitsoe ho tsosolosoa ha letlalo le ho folisa maqeba ho sebelisoa ho likhoele le masela bakeng sa liaparo. Ha e chefo, e ka bola, e ka sebelisoa hape, ha e tšolohe 'me e ka thibeloa metsi ntle le li-additives, ntle le ho rua "ntho e makatsang" ea graphene ka ho ba matla a makatsang le a bobebe.

• Li-Fiber tsa Kintra, Brooklyn, NY - Polima e nang le thepa e thehiloeng ho baelo le compostable e ntlafalitsoeng bakeng sa tlhahiso ea masela a maiketsetso, e fana ka lihlahisoa tsa liaparo tse nang le thepa e matla, e bonolo, le e theko e boima ea cradle-to-cradle.

• Lisebelisoa tsa Mango, Oakland, CA - Theknoloji ena e ncha ea tlhahiso e fetola tlhahiso ea litšila ea carbon hore e be likhoele tsa biopolyester tse senyehang.

• Tlhaho ea Fiber Welding, Peoria, IL - Marang-rang a kopanyang a tšoereng likhoele tsa tlhaho hammoho a entsoe ho laola sebopeho sa khoele le ho ntlafatsa likarolo tsa ts'ebetso ea lesela ho kenyelletsa nako e omileng le bokhoni ba ho koala mongobo.

• Orange Fiber, Catania, Italy - Tlhahiso ena e kenyelletsa mokhoa o nang le tokelo ea molao oa ho etsa masela a tsitsitseng a tsoang lihlahisoa tsa lero la citrus.

• PANGAIA x MTIX Microfiber Mitigation, West Yorkshire, UK - Tšebeliso e ncha ea theknoloji ea MTIX's multiplexed laser surface enhancement (MLSE®) e fetola bokaholimo ba likhoele ka har'a lesela ho thibela ho tsoa ha microfiber.

• Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland - Lehong kapa litšila tse hloekisitsoeng ka mochine li fetoloa fiber ea masela ntle le lik'hemik'hale tse kotsi ts'ebetsong ea tlhahiso.

• Squitex, Philadelphia, PA - Mokhoa ona o mocha o sebelisa tatellano ea liphatsa tsa lefutso le baeloji ea maiketsetso ho hlahisa sebopeho se ikhethang sa protheine se qalong se fumanoang litenteng tsa squid.

• TreeKind, London, UK - Mofuta o mocha oa letlalo o entsoeng ka limela o entsoeng ka litšila tsa limela tsa litoropong, litšila tsa temo le litšila tsa meru tse sebelisang metsi a ka tlase ho 1% ha a bapisoa le tlhahiso ea letlalo.

• Likhoele tsa Werewool, New York City, NY - Boqapi bona bo kenyelletsa ho sebelisa theknoloji ea baeloji ho rala likhoele tse ncha tse nang le meaho e ikhethileng e etsisang botle le ts'ebetso e fumanehang tlhahong.

Ho ithuta haholoanyane ka batho ba khethiloeng ba ho qetela, etela ho https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

Bahapi ba khau ba tla senoloa ketsahalong e qalang 2022 e le karolo ea Mokete oa Litharollo le Likhau. Mecha ea litaba le litho tsa sechaba li ka ingolisa bakeng sa lintlha tse nchafalitsoeng, ho kenyeletsoa le tlhahisoleseling mabapi le mokhoa oa ho ba teng ketsahalong eo, ka ho ingolisa ho lengolo la litaba la CXL ho: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Mabapi le Conservation X Labs

Paballo X Labs ke khamphani ea popontshwa le thekenoloji ya Washington, DC e nang le maikemisetso a ho thibela ho timela ha bongata ba botshelela. Selemo se seng le se seng e fana ka litlholisano tsa lefats'e tse fanang ka likhau tsa lichelete ho rarolla mathata a itseng a paballo. Lihlooho tsa phephetso li khethoa ka ho khetholla menyetla eo theknoloji le boqapi li ka sebetsanang le litšokelo tikolohong le tikolohong.

Bakeng sa tlhahisoleseling e eketsehileng, iteanye le

Paballo X Labs
Amy Corrine Richards, [imeile e sirelelitsoe]

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