LONDON, UK, 10/22/2022 / SubmitMyPR /
When we hear about polluted soils and coasts, a sad picture often emerges. Thousands of cubic meters of garbage cover the seabed and continue to spread in the coastal zone, and the number is increasing every day.
In addition to tourism, shipping and fishing are the main sources of waste pollution. The ecological impact of plastic waste and marine debris is devastating. Since there are many different types of garbage, the effects are different, for example:
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Plastic breaks down into small pieces, which are then swallowed by animals, resulting in their death.
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Some types of plastic also break down into bisphenol A (BPA), which is structurally similar to estrogen and can disrupt hormone balance.
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Garbage causes nervous system disorders and malformations in marine invertebrate embryos.
A current estimate of the global input of plastic waste into the oceans is between 4.8 and 12.7 million tons per year. That corresponds to one truckload per minute. Only a small part of the plastic waste floats on the surface, the rest is transported to deeper waters or to the seabed and can hardly be retrieved. According to estimates, around 80 million tons have currently accumulated there. It costs the world up to $2.5 trillion a year. The ratio between potential losses from tourism due to litter and the benefits gained from its disposal is astounding: $414 million lost versus $217 million in revenue, based on US research.
There are many approaches to solving this problem, e.g. B. Changing people’s behavior, creating environmental protection laws, using tractor-drawn solutions, using less plastic from the start, especially in packaging. Yet they are either applied in theory or not sufficiently applied. Garbage must now be properly disposed of or recycled. The action must be taken immediately.
With this in mind, our team at BY-Technologies accepted this challenge and launched our BY robot…