Circular Ocean Final Seminar - September 4, 2018

The last of Circular Ocean’s public events will take place from 9:00am on Tuesday, September 4^th in Cork, Ireland, hosted by Cork County Council Initiative and Irish project partners “Macroom E”.

The half day seminar will delve into the harsh realities of marine pollution, bringing together a selection of experts directly involved in initiatives that work to combat the dangers of marine plastic, while also introducing potential solutions for reuse, recycling or reprocessing of end of life fishing net material, uncovered by the project’s international partners. Guest speakers will include representatives from Volvo Ocean Race, Ghost Fishing International and Clean Coasts. MC for the morning will be critically acclaimed comedian, columnist, broadcaster and Clean Coasts advocate Colm O’Regan.

Circular Ocean project partners from the Environmental Research Institute (Scotland), The Centre for Sustainable Design (England), Norwegian University of Science & Technology (Norway) and The Arctic Technology Centre (Greenland) will present their research on the detrimental effects of marine plastics, while also exploring a series of potential  solutions for re-purposing waste Fishing Nets & Rope.

The event is free, but advance registration is essential as places are limited!