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PROTECTING

THE ENVIRONMENT WITH

IN NATURE PLASTIC IS STATIC
Globally, the amount of plastics recycling
reaches 19,5% while 25,5% is incinerated,
and the remaining 55% is disposed of
in landfills. From the beginning of the
industrial production of plastics in the 20th
century until today, 7.3 billion tons of plastic
waste have been produced worldwide, of
which only 9% have been recycled and
only 1% recycled more than once. Around
8 million tons of plastic waste, which
unfortunately includes end-of-life synthetic
mooring lines, end up in the oceans
yearly, with all the known devastating
consequences for aquatic ecosystems.
These alarming rates confirm the dire need
to develop solutions that do not burden
the environment with the harmful effects
of non-biodegradable plastic waste.

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