I-Ocean Foundation, i-Conservation X Labs kunye namaqabane babhengeza abali-12 abagqwesileyo bokugqibela nge- $650,000 yengxowa-mali yebhaso leMicrofiber Innovation Challenge

Ihotele, DC - Izisombululo ezilishumi elinesibini ezintsha zokujongana nongcoliseko lweplastiki yemicrofiber ziye zakhethwa njengabagqwesileyo abanethuba lokuphumelela isabelo se-650,000 yeedola njengenxalenye ye-Conservation X Labs (CXL) Microfiber Innovation Challenge.

I-Ocean Foundation iyakuvuyela ukusebenzisana kunye neminye imibutho ye-30 ukuxhasa uMngeni, okhangela izisombululo zokumisa ungcoliseko lwe-microfiber, isoyikiso esikhulayo kwimpilo yabantu kunye neplanethi.

“Njengenxalenye yentsebenziswano yethu ebanzi ne-Conservation X Labs ukuvuselela nokuphucula iziphumo zolondolozo, i-Ocean Foundation iyakuvuyela ukuvuyisana nabagqwesileyo boMngeni weMicrofiber Innovation. Ngelixa ii-microplastics isisiqwenga nje esinye sengxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki yehlabathi, ukuxhasa uphando kunye nophuhliso lwetekhnoloji entsha nentsha kubaluleke kakhulu njengoko siqhubeka nokusebenza noluntu lwehlabathi kwizisombululo zoyilo. Ukugcina iplastiki ngaphandle kolwandle lwethu-kufuneka sihlengahlengise ukujikeleza kwindawo yokuqala. Abagqwesileyo bokugqibela balo nyaka benze izindululo ezincomekayo malunga nokuba singazitshintsha njani iinkqubo zoyilo lwemathiriyeli ukunciphisa ifuthe lazo kwihlabathi nasekugqibeleni elwandle,” utshilo u-Erica Nuñez, iGosa leNkqubo, iNyathelo lokuYilwa ngokutsha kwePlastiki ye-Ocean Foundation.

"Ukuxhasa uphando kunye nophuhliso lwetekhnoloji entsha kunye nentsha kubaluleke kakhulu njengoko siqhubeka nokusebenza noluntu lwehlabathi kwizisombululo zoyilo."

Erica Nuñez | IGosa leNkqubo, iNyathelo loYilo ngokutsha lwePlastiki yeSiseko soLwandle

Izigidi zeentsinga ezincinci ziyalahlwa xa sinxiba kwaye sihlamba iimpahla zethu, kwaye ezi zinegalelo kuqikelelo lwe-35% yee-microplastics eziphambili ezikhutshelwe elwandle nakwindlela zamanzi ngokutsho kowama-2017. umbiko nge-IUCN. Ukuyeka ukungcoliseka kwe-microfiber kufuna inguqu ebalulekileyo kwiinkqubo zempahla yengubo kunye nempahla.

I-Microfiber Innovation Challenge imeme izazinzulu, iinjineli, iingcali zebhayoloji, oosomashishini kunye nabavelisi bezinto ezintsha kwihlabathi liphela ukuba bangenise izicelo ezibonisa indlela ezintsha zabo ezinokuwusombulula ngayo umba kumthombo, befumana ungeniso oluvela kumazwe angama-24.

"Ezi zezinye zezona nguqu zintsha zifunekayo ukudala ikamva elizinzileyo," watsho uPaul Bunje, uMseki-mseki we-Conservation X Labs. "Siyavuya ukubonelela ngenkxaso ebalulekileyo kwizisombululo zokwenyani, iimveliso kunye nezixhobo ezilungisa ingxaki yongcoliseko lweplastiki ekhulayo."

Abagqwesileyo bagqitywe ngamaphaneli angaphandle eengcaphephe ezithathwe kulo lonke ishishini lempahla ezinzileyo, iingcali zophando lwe-microplastics, kunye ne-accelerators entsha. Ukwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha kwagwetyelwa ukuba nokwenzeka, ukukhula okunokwenzeka, impembelelo yokusingqongileyo, kunye nentsha yendlela yabo.

Bazi:

• AlgiKnit, eBrooklyn, NY - I-Eco-conscious, iintambo ezinokuhlaziywa ezivela kwi-kelp seaweed, enye yezinto eziphilayo ezivuselelayo kwiplanethi.

• AltMat, Ahmedabad, Indiya -Ezinye izinto ezibuyisela inkunkuma yezolimo kwimicu yendalo eguquguqukayo kunye nephezulu.

• Iintsinga ezisekwe kwigraphene yiNanolom, London, UK - I-innovation ekuqaleni eyenzelwe ukuvuselelwa kwesikhumba kunye nokuphulukiswa kwesilonda kusetyenziswa kwiifayili kunye neendwangu zempahla. Ayinatyhefu, ayinabungozi, inokuphinda isetyenziswe, ayiphalazi kwaye inokukhuselwa ngaphandle kwamanzi ngaphandle kwezongezo, ukongeza ekuzuzeni njengelifa iipropathi zegraphene “zemathiriyeli emangalisayo” ekubeni yomelele ngokumangalisayo kwaye ibekhaphukhaphu.

• IiFayibha zeKintra, Brooklyn, NY – Ipolymer eyiproprietary bio-based and compostable polymer elungiselelwe imveliso yelaphu eyenziweyo, ibonelela ngeempawu zempahla ezomeleleyo, ezithambileyo, kunye neendleko ezisebenzayo ze-cradle-to-cradle material.

• Izinto zeMango, Oakland, CA - Le teknoloji yokuvelisa entsha ijika ukukhutshwa kwecarbon carbon ibe yi-biodegradable biopolyester fibers.

• Ukuwelda kweFayibha yeNdalo, Peoria, IL – Uthungelwano oludityanisiweyo olubambe iintsinga zendalo kunye zenzelwe ukulawula uhlobo lomsonto kunye nokuphucula ukusebenza kwelaphu kubandakanya ixesha elomileyo kunye nobuchule bokwenza ukufuma.

• IFayibha eOrenji, Catania, Italy - Olu lutsha lubandakanya inkqubo enelungelo lobunikazi bokudala iingubo ezizinzileyo ezivela kwimveliso yejusi ye-citrus.

• I-PANGAIA x MTIX Microfiber Mitigation, West Yorkshire, UK – Ukusetyenziswa kwenoveli ye-MTIX's multiplexed laser surface enhancement (MLSE®) iteknoloji iguqula umphezulu wefiber ngaphakathi kwelaphu ukuthintela ukuchithwa kwe-microfiber.

• I-Spinnova, Jyväskylä, Finland – Iinkuni ezisulungekiswe ngoomatshini okanye inkunkuma ijikwa ibe yifayibha ye-textile ngaphandle kweekhemikhali ezinobungozi kwinkqubo yokwenziwa.

• Squitex, Philadelphia, PA - Olu lutsha lusebenzisa ukulandelelana kwemfuza kunye ne-synthetic biology ukuvelisa isakhiwo seprotheni esiyingqayizivele esafunyanwa ekuqaleni kwiintente ze-squid.

• TreeKind, London, UK - Enye indlela entsha yesikhumba esekwe kwisityalo eyenziwe kwinkunkuma yezityalo zasezidolophini, inkunkuma yezolimo kunye nenkunkuma yamahlathi esebenzisa ngaphantsi kwe-1% yamanzi xa kuthelekiswa nemveliso yesikhumba.

• IiFayibha zeWerewool, ISixeko saseNew York, NY - Olu lutsha lubandakanya ukusebenzisa i-biotechnology ukuyila iifiber ezintsha ezinezakhiwo ezithile ezifanisa ubuhle kunye neempawu zokusebenza ezifumaneka kwindalo.

Ukuze ufunde ngakumbi malunga nabagqibeleleyo abakhethiweyo, yiya ku https://microfiberinnovation.org/finalists

Abaphumelele ibhaso baya kutyhilwa kumnyhadala osekuqaleni kowama-2022 njengenxalenye yoMnyhadala weZisombululo neeMbasa. Amajelo eendaba kunye namalungu oluntu angabhalisela uhlaziyo, kuquka nolwazi lokuzimasa umsitho, ngokubhalisela incwadana yeendaba yeCXL apha: https://conservationxlabs.com/our-newsletter

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Malunga noLondolozo lweX Labs

ULondolozo lweX Labs yinkampani yaseWashington, DC-based innovation and technology enomsebenzi wokuthintela ukutshabalala kobunzima besithandathu. Nyaka ngamnye ikhupha ukhuphiswano lwehlabathi enika amabhaso emali kwezona zisombululo zilungileyo kwiingxaki ezithile zolondolozo. Izihloko zomngeni zikhethwa ngokuchonga amathuba apho itekhnoloji kunye nokuveliswa kwezinto ezintsha kunokujongana nezoyikiso kwi-ecosystems kunye nokusingqongileyo.

Ukuze uthole olunye ulwazi, qha ga mshelana:

ULondolozo lweX Labs
Amy Corrine Richards, [imeyile ikhuselwe]

Isiseko soLwandle
UJason Donofrio, +1 (202) 313-3178, [email protected]