World Oceans Day celebrated in Maine

MAINE, USA — Right here in Maine we depend on the ocean fairly a bit for meals, sport, and to assist make the state lovely.

All of that mixed makes it simple to understand that the United Nations declared June 8 as World Oceans Day in 2008.

Together with that celebration, Mainers are additionally celebrating Clear Water Week which began on June 5.

Many companies, universities, and cities are discovering methods to guard our waters.

The Portland Water District’s East Finish Water Remedy plant prevents 25,000 lbs of solids from coming into the bay every single day.

In celebration of fresh water, will probably be providing two excursions of the amenities subsequent week.

An Ellsworth based mostly firm, Desert Harvest, has just lately developed its personal know-how for a compostable bag for use with a reusable tablet bottle.

“Most likely by the top of the yr, hopefully all of our dietary supplements will likely be coming in these 100% compostable; even the ink on the packaging goes to be plant based mostly, so you may go put it in your backyard and let it compost naturally,” Desert Harvest CEO Heather Florio stated.

In partnership with Desert Harvest’s provider, they’re dedicated to taking up huge clean-up efforts to learn and protect our oceans.

The College of Maine has just lately developed a brand new know-how to exchange plastic meals containers, with the hopes of chopping down plastic waste within the oceans.

“By 2050 there will likely be extra plastic by weight, in oceans, than fish. So this can be a large drawback worldwide and a lot of the sources for that plastic air pollution is definitely from single-use meals serving or container supplies,” Mehdi Tajvidi an Affiliate Professor of Reusable Nanomaterials on the College of Maine, stated.

To handle the plastics situation, the College of Maine researchers have developed new and safer containers out of recyclable wooden composites.

Clear Water Week will likely be celebrated right here in Maine till this Saturday, June 11.

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