The SeaCleaners
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| purpose | Cleansing the oceans of plastic waste |
| Chair: | Yvan Bourgnon |
| Executive Director: | Jean-François Mielcarek |
| Establishment date: | 2016 |
| Number of employees: | 27 (2020) |
| Seat : | La Trinité-sur-Mer , France |
| Website: | Official website |
The SeaCleaners is an environmental protection organization founded in 2016 by the French-Swiss adventurer and long-distance record sailor Yvan Bourgnon . The reason for founding Bourgnon was his personal experience of the dramatic pollution of the oceans during his circumnavigation in a sport catamaran from 2013 to 2015. The aim of the environmental organization is to protect the oceans and seas from the entry of plastic - in particular through the professional collection of plastic waste the mouths of large rivers such as the Yangtze , Yellow River , Indus , Mekong and Nile . In addition, the SeaCleaners would like to draw attention to the consumption and waste of plastic. The SeaCleaners have been accredited as an observer organization by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) since 2019 . The work of the organization is accompanied by a scientific advisory board made up of international scientists from various disciplines.
The goals of The SeaCleaners
The SeaCleaners are committed to the following goals:
- Education and prevention in order to inform and sensitize future generations about plastic in the seas.
- Collecting plastic macro-waste in heavily polluted areas before it further dissolves and spreads.
- Protect biodiversity and put people back at the center of tomorrow's ecological questions.
- Scientific data collection.
- Promotion of a sustainable circular economy by proposing solutions for recycling plastic waste at local level.
The Manta Project
With the ocean catamaran "Manta" The SeaCleaners has developed a visionary ship should move very environmentally friendly and at the same time can clean the sea of plastic waste from a size of 5 mm. Completion is planned for 2023. The ship will supply itself with renewable energy obtained from solar modules, wind turbines and hydropower plants. The macroplastic should be absorbed from the water before it decomposes into microplastic and is absorbed by living organisms. The collection system is located between the ship's hulls. The waste should be sorted on the ship. The majority is pyrolytically pretreated on board and converted into energy by thermal recycling . The catamaran can hold around 250 tons of plastic waste before its cargo has to be unloaded in a port. A catamaran should be able to collect up to 10,000 tons of plastic per year. The plan is to use the Manta in the most polluted areas along the coasts and estuaries of the 11 major rivers, which account for 80% of the plastic that enters the oceans.
financing
The SeaCleaners is funded through donations from individuals and companies to cover the club's operating costs and finance the design and construction of the first catamaran. Allianz Global Investors has been won as the main sponsor . An auditing company ensures proper administration and use.
Awards The project and its founder have received awards from numerous committees.
- 2019 European Leadership Awards of the European Business Summit : European Innovator of the Year
- 2019 France-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce (CCIFS): Innovation Award
- 2019 International Chamber of Commerce and Industry France: Special Jury's Trophy
Networks and Alliances
The SeaCleaners is a member of the following networks and alliances:
- Blue Manifesto, rescue plan for the seas
- Plastic Pollution Coalition
- Break Free From Plastic
- UNEP: Global Partnership on Marine Litter
- United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development
See also
Web links
- Official website of The SeaCleaners
- The SeaCleaners Facebook page
- Yvan Bourgnon's YouTube channel
- Les Echos: SeaCleaners fait la chasse aux déchets macroplastiques , accessed on July 14, 2020
- Stern.de: Garbage in the ocean: Can this ship save the seas? , accessed on July 14, 2020
- Forbes: Popeye The Sailor Launches Initiative To Help Ocean Clean-Up And Conservation , accessed July 14, 2020
- SRF: The man who wants to clean the world's oceans , accessed on July 14, 2020
- Business Wire: Allianz GI Partners with The Sea Cleaners to Combat Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans , accessed July 14, 2020
- Spiegel: Single-handedly across the oceans , accessed on July 14, 2020
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kristina Müller: A Quadrimaran for clean seas. In: yacht.de. March 1, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: UNEP. In: The SeaCleaners. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: International Scientific Advisory Board. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: The raison d'etre of The SeaCleaners. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Aargauer Zeitung: This is how a Swiss want to get plastic out of the sea. April 11, 2018, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: Did you know? Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: Oceanic Plastic Pollution . Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Business Wire: Allianz Global Partners with The Sea Cleaners to Combat Plastic Pollution in the World's Oceans. June 6, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: Did you know? Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ Euronews: European Leadership Awards recognize the men and women shaping Europe. May 8, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ CCI France Suisse: Les Lauréats 2019. Accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ^ CCI France: CCI France International Trophies & General Assembly. July 2, 2019, accessed August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ The SeaCleaners: International Recognition. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ^ Seas At Risk: Blue Manifesto. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ^ Plastic Pollution Coalition: Coalition Member Directory. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ^ Break Free From Plastic: Meet Our Global Members. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ^ UNEP: Global Partnership on Marine Litter. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .
- ↑ United Nations: United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Retrieved August 11, 2020 .