Plastic Circular Innovation - Salty Monkeys - Diving Fins SDG12 SDG14
When you grow up in Paradise but the worlds waste is invading your backyard.
This story reflects not only the power of the internet and some quality editing can do to make a big impact even if you live in a remote part of anywhere on the planet but that we all have the power and influence to do something about it.
SDG12 - How Salty Monkeys Are Crushing It
SDG 12 is responsible consumption and production.
One of the key steps in changing our linear lifestyle is easy,
#buybetterbuyless.
Now these fins are going to be priced so that they are an investment but they are also being made to last.
The key step in this product that we love is the attention to detail in the design. When you make something good it is made to last, you know like the good old days or if you are younger than 30 how we used to do it.
When we had service skills not just stuff.
When you could take something back and get it repaired, which anyone who has a boat knows, when you're out on that water, you learn how to fix stuff the only thing at your disposal is a good toolkit.
SDG 14 - Life Below The Water
The unique issue of plastic waste in Torres Strait is that the currents up there bring plastics from Indonesia and other regions right to to their doorstep and they wash up in remote beaches.
In some places the plastics are feet high [pictures are coming]
But Salty Monkeys have a project that will help solve this problem while promoting the need for better quality plastics so we don’t have to sort and process 7 different types of plastic.
There is a long way to go but we can all do our part by making sure we buy non-virgin products and return it at end of life so it can recycled properly.
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Circular Economy Far North Queensland is committed to making the transition to a Circular Economy that aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals and supporting Australian Innovation.
We collaborate with existing awesome humans to help bring Circular Economy Framework to life in FNQ. And share how we are doing it along the way. #bettertogether
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Circular Economy FNQ acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Lands on which we work and pay our respects to Indigenous Elders past, present, and emerging. We support the Uluru Statement from the Heart to achieve justice, recognition and respect for First Nations people and a referendum to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the Constitution