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World Oceans Day Installation Shows 1,580kg Plastic Waste Dumped in Australia’s Oceans Every Hour
- Corona installs 1,580kg plastic wave in Melbourne’s Federation Square to raise awareness of Australia’s marine plastic pollution problem – the amount of plastic pollution that enters Australia’s ocean every hour
- Corona’s research reveals three-quarters of Aussies (74%) underestimate or have no idea about how much plastic is entering the oceans
![WATER OVER PROFIT // Our Africa-based correspondent Nnaemeka Ugochukwu reflects on @worldoceansday: “Water is literally all around us, yet there is no clean water to drink, no water to use, for so many. If we can refine oil, then how is it that we cannot “refine” water? In my country [Nigeria], for instance, pipelines carry oil from the oil-rich south to the northern parts of the country for refining. This is a distance of over 550 miles (885 kilometres), has been so for over fifty years and was achieved without the degree of stress you might think. There are no oil leakages and the management of waste all through the process is maximum. This makes me feel that it can be achieved with water, across the globe.
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Unless of course, we don’t want to. And why would we not want to? An answer might be because it will not be as financially beneficial to the governments and big corporations as perhaps oil, driverless cars or the internet. These other services can be charged for multiple times but who will pay for water? How long will they keep paying for it? Also, not to forget that perhaps more money will be made from selling vaccines and drugs to cure the diseases caused by lack of access to good water and sanitation than would be made from providing water itself.
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This is a saddening thought; that perhaps profit is put ahead of human welfare. If this is the case, I don’t place much faith in the achievement of the @unitednations ’Sustainable Development Goals’. This is because accomplishing the Goals basically requires that people, governments and institutions look beyond profit. Otherwise, what would be the point?" To read more of @iblaqprinz reflections, click on the link in our bio. 📸Unsplash 💚🌏🌱#sustainablebusiness #sustainability #water #worldoceansday #justice #saveouroceans #saveourplanet #savehumankind #savemankind #sustainable #consciousbusiness #environmentalist #conservationist #entrepreneurmindset #socialjustice #socialentrepreneur #ecowarriorprincess](http://scontent-iad3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/051c9a4bc80f157ccbd566536c3fa245/5BA668DB/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e35/33936103_1861036570856316_7941155841791492096_n.jpg "WATER OVER PROFIT // Our Africa-based correspondent Nnaemeka Ugochukwu reflects on @worldoceansday: “Water is literally all around us, yet there is no clean water to drink, no water to use, for so many. If we can refine oil, then how is it that we cannot “refine” water? In my country [Nigeria], for instance, pipelines carry oil from the oil-rich south to the northern parts of the country for refining. This is a distance of over 550 miles (885 kilometres), has been so for over fifty years and was achieved without the degree of stress you might think. There are no oil leakages and the management of waste all through the process is maximum. This makes me feel that it can be achieved with water, across the globe.
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Unless of course, we don’t want to. And why would we not want to? An answer might be because it will not be as financially beneficial to the governments and big corporations as perhaps oil, driverless cars or the internet. These other services can be charged for multiple times but who will pay for water? How long will they keep paying for it? Also, not to forget that perhaps more money will be made from selling vaccines and drugs to cure the diseases caused by lack of access to good water and sanitation than would be made from providing water itself.
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This is a saddening thought; that perhaps profit is put ahead of human welfare. If this is the case, I don’t place much faith in the achievement of the @unitednations ’Sustainable Development Goals’. This is because accomplishing the Goals basically requires that people, governments and institutions look beyond profit. Otherwise, what would be the point?\" To read more of @iblaqprinz reflections, click on the link in our bio. 📸Unsplash 💚🌏🌱#sustainablebusiness #sustainability #water #worldoceansday #justice #saveouroceans #saveourplanet #savehumankind #savemankind #sustainable #consciousbusiness #environmentalist #conservationist #entrepreneurmindset #socialjustice #socialentrepreneur #ecowarriorprincess")
