If no action is taken, marine plastic pollution may triple in the next decade. Mr. Stefan Ranstrand, CEO of The Taurang Group, explained how the beverage packaging deposit system and the sensor-based sorting recycling solution can resolve this. Crisis in the field.
The British government recently released the new 'Foresight Future of the Sea' report, once again presenting the crisis of marine plastic pollution to the world, and prompting more and more people to realize the dangers facing the ocean and take necessary measures. Action to resolve the crisis. The report pointed out that waste plastics already account for about 70% of the total amount of marine debris. In the 10 years from 2015 to 2025, the amount of waste plastics in the ocean will increase threefold. According to this trend, By 2050, there will be more waste plastic in the ocean than fish!
This crisis will have far-reaching economic and social impacts on many aspects of human activities, including the food supply chain, the global economy, and even employment and trade. Forward-thinking institutions and governments have begun to act to solve this problem. Avoid marine pollution disasters through technological innovations and policies and regulations. The concept of 'marine economy' will help us understand and solve long-term problems affecting the marine environment.
Stefan Ranstrand, chief executive of the Taurang Group, said that the marine economy directly or indirectly involves all organizations and companies operating in the marine environment, including shipping, fishing, offshore renewable energy, marine farms, recycling of waste plastics, etc. In various fields, the 'Marine Future Prediction' report shows that by 2030, the total marine economy will double to 3 trillion US dollars, but the prerequisite for its healthy development is to control and reduce the discharge of waste plastics and other pollutants in the oceans. .
The most effective way to reduce marine plastic pollution is to prevent it from flowing into the ocean. First, in fact, currently around 68 million tons of plastic packaging are produced each year in the world. Among them, 32% are randomly disposed of in the natural environment after use, only 10%. Recycled, even in this small amount of recycled plastics, more than 80% are downgraded and regenerated, that is, regenerate products with relatively low quality and value, which is not exactly a circular economy.
Mr. Stefan Ranstrand believes that to fundamentally reverse this trend, it is necessary to optimize the recycling and utilization of waste plastics. This can be achieved in two ways:
First of all, to allow the public to participate widely in the recycling of plastic beverage bottles, this can be achieved through the implementation of a deposit system and the introduction of intelligent bottle recycling machines for beverage bottles. The intelligent recycling machines are installed at convenience stores, stations, and communities. Changing people’s habits and habits is very effective in promoting the recycling of plastic bottles, cans and glass bottles, and reducing recycling costs and recycling. In Norway, a deposit system and a widely used beverage bottle smart recycling machine are used to recycle plastic bottles. The rate is now as high as 97%.
Secondly, it uses technology to automatically sort and recycle the renewable materials in the mixed garbage. In the centralized garbage disposal center, automated sorting technology can accurately separate and efficiently recover metals, plastics, paper, wood, etc. from various types of garbage. Materials, and to ensure the optimization of recovery and purity. Taurang's cutting-edge sorting equipment can play an important role in efficient recycling, and simplify the sorting process in the garbage processing plant.
China has 18,000 kilometers of mainland coastline and 14,000 kilometers of coastline, and the jurisdictional sea area covers 3 million square kilometers. The development potential of the marine economy is huge. At the same time, as people's living standards increase and consumer demand increases, China is becoming The world's largest plastic producer and consumer country, the annual total output of plastic products reached 76 million tons, accounting for more than 15% of the world's total output, and the pollution of waste plastics to the sea is imminent.
The future of the ocean
The marine pollution shown in the report “Marine Future Prediction” is a major challenge for human beings. Given the enormous advantages of plastic products, it is not realistic to significantly reduce their application. The only feasible way is to increase the recycling of waste plastics. Therefore, the ocean The solution to the problem of plastic pollution is not in the ocean, but on land, for example, setting up a beverage bottle recycling machine in front of a supermarket and building more garbage sorting plants.
Only when more and more people participate in the recycling of plastics and continue to promote cutting-edge scientific and technological development, can they solve the problems of plastic pollution in the ocean. Only in this way can sustainable development of human and environment be achieved and the marine economy can be more fully developed. The great potential for leaving a clean blue sky for future generations.