In the course of its 115-year history, the traditional shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen has always been willing to explore new avenues and to get involved outside its traditional fields of activity. So no one was surprised when the trainees got involved with a forward-looking project. Through a TV appearance in 2019, Toralf Zimmermann, Head of Research, Development and Innovation at A&R, became aware of the association Pacific Garbage Screening. At that time, no one could have imagined that this would develop into a long-term and trusting collaboration. The association, now renamed EverWave Community, and its associated social startup, everwave GmbH, have declared war on plastic waste in rivers and oceans. ?Every year, over 12 mill. t of plastic waste ends up in our oceans. We, the people, are responsible for this. Through our behaviors and consumption, we ingest tens of thousands of plastic particles per year, including through our food, clothing and hygiene products. This, in turn, can have an impact on our health. Our oceans are extremely polluted by almost invisible mountains of garbage. This plastic waste threatens biodiversity and the lives of all marine life. Animal food chains and habitats are being massively disrupted,? says Tilman Flohr, CTO at everwave.
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