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Jérôme OLLIER

Tranquil trailblazer: Flipflopi dhow to take its plastic revolution on Indian Ocean tou... - 0 views

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    As a metaphor for the back-to-basics simplicity needed to stem the toxic tide of plastic pollution engulfing the world's seas, the image of a dhow sailing boat sliding silently through the tranquil waters of the Indian Ocean is peerless. Especially if that dhow is made from recycled plastic and thousands of discarded flip flops.
Jérôme OLLIER

Platform publishes list of ships dismantled worldwide in 2017 - @NGOShipbreaking - 0 views

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    According to new data released today by the NGO Shipbreaking Platform, 835 large ocean-going commercial vessels were sold to the scrap yards in 2017. 543 were broken down - by hand - on the tidal beaches of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: amounting to 80,3% of all tonnage dismantled globally.
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