WE FROM ONE EARTH – ONE OCEAN ARE PEOPLE, WHO WANT TO ACTIVELY ESTABLISH A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT
With our “marine litter cleanup” concept we pursue the aim of freeing waters from plastic, oil and chemicals globally.
THE PROBLEM
Every year around 8 million tonnes of pollution enter global waters. Up to 80 per cent of it originates from land and about three quarters of it are plastic wastes.
Already existing today there is more than 140 million tonnes of plastic pollution in the oceans worldwide. According to studies by the UN by the year of 2050 the weight of plastic pieces will be higher than the weight of all fish swimming in the seas .
Plastic pollution has an endurance of up to 450 years and ends up as mircoplastics (smallest particles) due to the food intake by fish, which are also a part of our food chain. With this plastic pollution in oceans is not only harming the fragile ecosystem, but especially us humans.
Around 140 million tonnes of plastic waste are circulated in the oceans, with an additional 8 million tonnes added each year. 2050, the amount of plastic in the seas could exceed the amount of fish.
More than one million seabirds and 100,000 other marine creatures per year are dying of plastic waste because they consider it to be food, are tangled or strangulated.
More than one million seabirds and 100,000 other marine creatures per year are dying of plastic waste because they consider it to be food, are tangled or strangulated.
Plastic waste decomposes into the smallest particles, the microplastics. An estimated 4 billion plastic particles per square kilometer are already found in the world’s oceans.
WHAT WE DO
We, the environment organisation One Earth – One Ocean e.V. (OEOO), domiciled in Munich as well as offices in Kiel and Hong Kong, have developed a concept for freeing water from plastic waste (but also oil and chemicals) globally.
NEWSFLASH
Jul
Tips against plastic waste flooding
Often, members and interested people have asked us what they could do against the plastic… Read more »
Jun
Hamburger Lloyd reports on SeeKuh in Hong Kong
Hamburger Lloyd reports on OEOO and SeeKuh in Hong Kong in the current issue of… Read more »
Apr
German marine litter clean-up vessel joins Clean Seas
One Earth – One Ocean e.V has become an official partner of the UN Environment… Read more »
SPONSORS AND SUPPORTS
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Marine Litter Cleanup
In autumn 2016 the launch of SeeKuh, a special catamaran developed by OEOO for the collection of plastic waste, took place.
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The SeeKuh on tour in Asia
In january 2018, SeeKuh was on tour in Hong Kong for half a year. Asia is the region most heavily polluted with plastic waste worldwide.
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SeeHamster in Cambodia
In the spring of 2018, a cleaning and environmental education project in Cambodia will be launched by OEOO in cooperation with the Thuringian-Cambodian Society e.V. and COMPED (Cambodian Education and Waste Management Organization).
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International Oil Purification Project in Nigeria 2017
The Niger Delta in Nigeria is one of the most oil-rich areas in Africa, but the landscape is regularly polluted by oil spills on the production facilities and pipelines.
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,Microplastic Pollution Map’ in cooperation with shipping companies
In order to contribute to the research into the medium to long-term effects of microplastics on humans and animals, OEOO is engaged in setting up a global database on the levels of pollution in the world’s oceans.
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International Marine Litter Database
Immortal Polluters
It takes almost an eternity until plastic waste has been disappeared from nature. This is the basic idea of the publicity campaign (2014) of advertising agency Publicis, which drew creative attention to the problem for OEOO.
International Marine Litter Database
Here you get free access to several hundred current scientific studies on marine littering from all over the world.
Please support us!
Do you like our environmental protection projects and activities? Then please support us as a member with your annual contribution or with a donation.
