marine plastic Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/tag/marine-plastic/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:21:24 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/favicon-66x66.png marine plastic Archives - EU4OceanObs https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/tag/marine-plastic/ 32 32 Moving forward with a Global Plastics Treaty https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/moving-forward-with-a-global-plastics-treaty/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 10:19:12 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=6514 Plastic is an amazing material. It’s relatively cheap to produce, lightweight, flexible, yet strong and durable. Additives can give colour, enhance its resistance to heat or UV light, make it flame-retardant, and more. Today, plastics are everywhere - in healthcare, construction, and consumer goods, to name a few. However, plastics have also become an ecological [...]

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]]> Supporting a global observing system for marine debris: the IMDOS initiative https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/building-a-global-observing-system-for-marine-debris-the-imdos-initiative/ Thu, 13 Jul 2023 10:31:34 +0000 https://www.eu4oceanobs.eu/?p=5448 by harmonising data, standardising monitoring methods, leveraging technology, and harnessing the power of a global community, the Integrated Marine Debris Observing System (IMDOS) aims to support and strengthen marine debris research and inform action to this growing global concern.

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