Essais d’innovation
Testez votre solution
Are you a scientist, engineer, marketer, biologist, maker, artist or innovator with a radical solution to microfiber pollution? Ocean Wise can help test radical solutions in our Plastics Lab verifying and giving credibility to its effectiveness.
Le laboratoire Ocean Wise Plastics est une installation environnementale de microplastiques qui offre des analyses techniques de pointe sur la source, le transport, le destin et les effets liés aux microplastiques dans les environnements aquatiques du Canada.
Avec 12 membres de la recherche dévoués, le laboratoire utilise des techniques et instruments analytiques de pointe, incluant un spectromètre infrarouge à transformée de Fourier haute résolution capable d’identifier la composition de particules microplastiques aussi petites que 5 microns.
Le laboratoire est spécialisé dans l’étude de la présence de microplastiques dans les sorties des machines à linge, l’eau de mer, les eaux usées municipales ainsi que dans l’estomac et les organes des animaux aquatiques.
The Ocean Wise Plastics Lab tests microfiber shed rates of textile fabrics in realistic conditions. Our lab is respected by governments and businesses and provides critical credibility for developing innovations.
Stephanie Wang
Ocean Wise Plastics Lab Manager
Me, My Clothes and the Ocean
Microfibers are increasingly common in the world’s ocean. However, the material identities, sources, environmental fate and impacts on aquatic life of these particles are not well understood. Microfibers in the ocean may include synthetic and natural fibers originating from multiple sources, but research is increasingly pointing to shedding of textiles in home laundry as one important source. This report presents a summary of findings from the first phase of research carried out by a novel partnership with industry and government agencies led by the Ocean Wise Plastics Lab.
Conservation X Lab - Deep Dive Webinar
This webinar was developed by Ocean Wise for the 26 Microfiber Innovation Challenge teams who advanced to the Semi-Finalist of the Conservation X Labs challenge.
