Do you know about the little giants of the marine food web, planktons? One of the two major kinds, Zooplankton, becomes a food source for fishes and other marine animals, while the Phytoplankton account for about half of the photosynthesis on the planet, making them one of the world’s most important producers of oxygen. In the present decade, innovators have come up with yet another kind, that can clean up oceans- the Plankton from Plankton Marine technologies, enabling tons of waste being accumulated in water bodies to be cleaned up.
Introducing ‘Ocean Health’
Co-founded just a year back by lkem Tünay and Aykut Arabacoglu, this Turkish company developed a technology to maintain ‘ocean health.’ Their innovation is supposed to capture freely circulating surface waste from water bodies, and they include all the plastic bits that end up in the oceans. This has been a breakthrough contribution to the ongoing efforts to reduce water pollution that has already reached dangerous levels. The amount of freshwater is drastically reducing, and studies already suggest the names of various nations that would be water-poor by 2030.
The danger posed to marine animals and seabirds is also growing deeper day by day. To introduce its technology to a wider audience, Plankton Marine Technologies was a part of YFYi the last December, held at the Culture and Convention Center, METU. In the same year, the company attended the TechAnkara Project Market to exhibit the products and showcase some demos.
Setting a trail
Recently, the Minister of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey visited a pop-up booth of the company at an event to be more acquainted with their work. In a similar vein, the team behind the venture keeps collaborating with academicians throughout the country to develop more. By talking more about ocean health at various platforms, the co-founders of Plankton Marine Technologies are increasing the opportunities of the subject getting more and more serious attention from government bodies as well as business tycoons that can contribute to its growth. In the coming years, the industry is set to catch up with these efforts and make more of its own for an accelerated betterment of ‘ocean health.’
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