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#PaintMicroplasticPollution is now "on the Agenda", with the help of Ocean Impact Organisation! So, what comes next?

8/24/2022

What needs to happen now is
- the paint industry should educate their customers about the risks of mismanaged paint, and the available solutions.
- the regulators should require industry adoption of solutions to the Paint Microplastic Pollution problem, and
- industrial and marine users of paint should adopt measures, including clean blasting, to stop Paint Microplastic Pollution!

Pinovo is very happy to report that it is seeing strong adoption of its clean blasting technology, with industry leaders like Aker Solutions and SalMar Aker Ocean choosing to use our technology for their surface treatment programmes. Should your industrial or marine operation not be doing the same?!

Remember #PaintIsPlastic

LinkedIn Post from Ocean Impact Organisation in Australia

Great article by our Pitchfest alumni Pinovo - finalists in The Ocean Impact Pitchfest 2021 last year - about putting paint microplastic emissions at the top of the environmental agenda:

Pinovo is leading the way in raising awareness about pain microplastics. They even commissioned an independent scientific study, which found that paint is the biggest source of ocean microplastic leakage, accounting for 58% of estimated total annual ocean microplastic leakage 💧

Pinovo have been enthusiastic about their experience doing The Ocean Impact Pitchfest, and we're thrilled to have such impactful alumni behind this type of innovative work in their field.

Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/dAMfnTnm

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why another important Norwegian company has made the sustainable choice to protect ocean health

8/11/2022

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Want to know why another important Norwegian company has made the #sustainable choice to protect #oceanhealth? By switching to Clean Blasting using Rope Access for Surface Treatment of their painted steel assets?

What this means in plain English is that instead of using the traditional methods of open grit blasting and high pressure water jetting to remove the old paint and rust, before repainting their operating asset, they are using Pinovo's Clean Circular Vacuum Blasting which stops Paint Microplastic Emissions into the Ocean!

Given #PaintIsPlastic, this is a cleaner, safer, and more cost effective solution for the customer, the operator, and the Ocean.

SalMar Aker Ocean AS is a producer of farmed salmon, and operates the pioneering Ocean Farm 1 installation, located off the coast of Trøndelag, Norway. This is the world’s first offshore fish farm, and the structure was built with the technology and principles used at submersible offshore installations. The dimensions are impressive - 68 metres high, a diameter of 110 metres, and a volume of 250,000 cubic metres!!

CAN AS is a leading Norwegian expert in the field of Rope Access, with highly skilled operators used to working on projects with the most complex and demanding access.

Pinovo is delighted that its Clean Blasting technology have been chosen by SalMar Aker Ocean AS to do spot blasting on the Ocean Farm 1 structure, using CAN AS’s highly trained rope access operators. CAN’s operators are using Pinovo’s PiConnect tool that was developed in-house (see full suite of Pinovo’s bespoke tools at https://lnkd.in/e7ZtVBE). As a result, there is no need for scaffolding, sheeting, habitats, or cleaning up, as would be the case with the traditional methods of surface treatment.

On top of the industrial advantages of Clean Blasting, there is also a material, quantifiable sustainability impact, because

1. No Paint Microplastic, Grit and Dust Leakage into the Ocean - SDG's 12, 14.
2. Over 60% less CO2 Emissions compared to open grit blasting - SDG’s 9, 12.
3. Much better working conditions for Operators - SDG 8.

Great to see that SalMar Aker Ocean AS is showing the way by making the sustainable choice for surface treatment!

Perhaps your industrial or marine business should be following their lead?!

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CGTN Europe is helping to put the problem of #microplastics Pollution and Pinovo's solution "on the agenda"....literally!

8/3/2022

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CGTN Europe is helping to put the problem of #microplastics Pollution and Pinovo's solution "on the agenda"....literally!

Pinovo want to thank Juliet Errington Mann and Tim Cunningham of CGTN Europe's The Agenda for their excellent programme on the issue of Microplastic Pollution - watch it on this link - https://lnkd.in/ewpE3XsG.

Juliet highlighted the science based, data driven evidence of Microplastics as a problem for the environment, and the scientific studies that are now underway to understand their impact on humans.

Pinovo's Declan Mc Adams explained why #PaintIsPlastic, how Pinovo's solution works, and what the #PaintIndustry can and should be doing to educate their customers about the risk of mismanaged paint, and the ways of mitigating that risk.

The Pinovo section begins at 7.50 mins, but it is really worth watching the whole programme!

CGTN Website link - https://lnkd.in/e4rPNddf

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#PaintMicroplasticPollution is now "on the Agenda", with the help of Ocean Impact Organisation! So, what comes next?

why another important Norwegian company has made the sustainable choice to protect ocean health

CGTN Europe is helping to put the problem of #microplastics Pollution and Pinovo's solution "on the agenda"....literally!

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