nOcean Goods

We're back in 2021 with a new item. A reusable face mask to avoid disposable ones and helps clean the ocean. A double win for our marine ecosystems.

To guarantee a minimum impact, these masks are made on-demand in the US and Europe. With this, we're ensuring to create less waste and to greatly reduce the carbon footprint for each item.

Visit our website nOcean.org to know more about it and our mission.

More masks to help save the ocean from our garbage! 😷

Instead of decreasing the amount of pollution, the pandemic is hitting the sea waters in unexpected ways. The increasing demand for cleanliness is furthering the need for single-use items, like masks, gloves, take-out packaging, and the overall increased home consumption of plastic-packaged items.

Our oceans aren't healing; they're drowning in single-use waste.

We at nOcean are committed to helping change that. Our reusable masks avoid hundreds of disposable ones to end up in landfills and water streams, and on the top of that, the profits help funding ocean cleaning activities. Join us in that fight.

Visit our website to get this masks and to know more about us. www.nOcean.org

The Atlantic ocean is dying.

More than 10 times as much plastic has been found in that ocean than previously estimated to be there, showing the the world’s plastic problem is likely to be much greater than realised.

According to previous estimates, there should be around 17 to 47 million tonnes of plastic floating in the Atlantic, however, after a more meticulous study, the estimates jumped to 200 million metric tonnes of plastic. The situation is so alarming, the amount of microplastics could now be larger than the number of zooplankton floating in the ocean. In addition, further studies have been done and show this issue only getting worse, with a likely outcome of it tripling in the next 20 years.

sources: Pew Trusts, https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/18/atlantic-ocean-plastic-more-than-10-times-previous-estimates

"Save us!"

We definitely need to stop trashing their habitat and to avoid more extinctions. For this to happen, we can produce less waste in our daily lives and promote ocean cleaning activities. We at nOcean are committed to helping the seas become free from such human impact, and if you want to join us, visit our website. (Link in bio)

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Are the nOcean better as bracelets or straws? If any doubt, they're great at helping clean the oceans. 🌊🚮

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There's an environmental crisis coming from the surge in single-use plastic during the pandemic.

As we mentioned here, ocean cleaners have found many pieces of disposable plastic coming from PPEs related to the pandemic. Disposable masks and rubber gloves lying at the bottom of the ocean were spotted in every part of the world. However, that's just the tip of the iceberg.

The demand for single-use plastics coming from take-out packaging and plastic bags, paired with lower economic pressure to produce more plastic packaging (as the source material became cheaper), has increased the amount of plastic washing up the shores by two-fold.

It's so much plastic being thrown away that pickers and recyclers are facing difficulties to survive from such work. After all, newly created plastic has become much cheaper than a recycled one. This issue is creating massive pressure on landfills and the waste management programs from developing countries, and much more garbage is ending up in river streams and the ocean.

Our air became less polluted, but the oceans are suffering more than ever.

source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-19-has-worsened-the-ocean-plastic-pollution-problem/

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Boracay Island - Philippines 😍

In 2018, the island had to be closed because of over-tourism. It was six months without any visitors to help local nature heal from the human impact, and when the reopening happened, their government laid stricter regulations for more sustainable tourism.

The local used to accommodate 19,000 tourists was scaled down to a maximum of 6,000. Beachside parties, drinking, and single-use plastics were forbidden. Hotels and bars had to be closed. All that helped Boracay heal to go on a path to become a beautiful paradise once again. Now with the closure after the pandemic, hopefully, the local will be fully recovered for the native population and future tourists.

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New on our store, ethically sourced reusable masks (made in the EU)😷

We need to reduce our production of waste. With this pandemic, the surge of disposable masks and gloves floating on the ocean is heartbreaking. To help with this issue, these masks not only create less waste but also supports cleaning activities that take the garbage out of the ocean.

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The Mediterranean marine life is flourishing during lockdown. 🌊🐡

The Italian coastguard found that without as many people and boats around, the water quality improved to unprecedented levels. The water transparency and the significant reduction of floating material are very significant aspects, of the reduced impact on the Mediterranean environment.

Sights of whales and dolphins became common, and divers report the underwater becoming more alive than ever. Moray Eels, colorful fish, and corals are seen more clearly from underwater. Now the Mediterranean recovers as the coastguard still cleans the remains that floats on the sea, like ghost nets and other plastics. 💙🐢

If you want to help fight ocean pollution, visit our website nocean.org (link in bio)

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