Chapter 404 Marine plastic sniper battle(1/2)
????????Wei Kang had never thought that he would enjoy such treatment.
Together with the Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Environment and the heads of environmental protection departments in various countries, we discussed how to respond to the global plastic crisis in an online meeting.
????????The theme of the conference is Sanqing’s super enzyme.
????????Since the stunning debut of the super enzyme, Wei Kang has become the hottest figure in the global environmental field.
????????The human planet is in the midst of a plastic waste disaster, and no one can escape it alone.
????????Every country will face the problem of how to deal with plastic waste.
????????So the super enzyme that can degrade plastic waste has become a life-saving straw for them.
???????? directly contributed to the convening of this global environmental protection conference.
????????At nine o'clock in the morning, Wei Kang logged into the computer in the office and entered the online conference room.
????????He was welcomed as never before.
????????These faces that appear on the screen are all big figures who have appeared in the news in various countries.
????????All of them showed kind smiles and greeted him warmly.
?????????"Dear Mr. Wei, good morning, it's an honor to meet you."
?????????"Mr. Wei, have you eaten? I am Al Gore from the Environmental Protection Agency of the Football League."
"Mr. Wei, I am Steve from Eagle Country. I am very happy to attend this meeting."
????????These warm greetings and eager eyes made Wei Kang deeply aware.
????????As Sanqing’s strength increases, he has inevitably been involved in the handling of global affairs.
????????At this moment, he is no longer an ordinary entrepreneur, but has the ability to truly change the world.
?????????The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.
???????He finally realized the meaning of this sentence.
????????Wei Kang smiled slightly: "I'm glad to see you all. Thank you for participating in this meeting."
"I know that everyone is very eager to obtain the authorization of super enzyme as soon as possible to deal with the plastic waste problem in their country as soon as possible."
"However, I am afraid I will disappoint everyone. In the current recycled plastics industry, Chinese companies have assumed the responsibility of processing and recycling waste plastics, and they have also made certain profits. I think it is very reasonable and I have no intention of changing this."
A status quo.”
Steve, the environmental protection director of Eagle Country, was the first to speak impatiently.
"Dear Mr. Wei, everyone is responsible for environmental protection. Shipping garbage overseas will not completely solve our domestic plastic pollution problem. Please consider it again for the people of Eagle Country."
Wei Kang smiled lightly and declined his request: "I think with the economic strength of Eagle Country, we can use more degradable plastics, and we can even call on the people to use as little plastic as possible. In this way
, will definitely be able to greatly reduce the usage rate of plastics, thereby achieving the purpose of protecting the environment."
????????A look of disappointment flashed across Steve's face and he said no more. He also knew that when the other party had such technology, which was a rare commodity, he would definitely not authorize it to other countries so quickly.
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????????If other countries could recycle their own plastic waste, they would definitely not pay to send it overseas for processing.
????????And there is no way to talk about huge profits in China's recycled plastics industry.
????????The smiles on the faces of environmental protection officials from other countries also disappeared instantly, and they fell into silence one by one.
????????Yes, plastic recycling used to be unprofitable and polluted the environment, so they naturally didn’t want to deal with it.
????????But now this business is starting to make money, and it’s huge profits, so naturally everyone is getting greedy.
?????????Unfortunately, Sanqing has no intention of licensing this technology out. It seems that this time it was in vain.
????????However, some people still refused to give up and shamelessly spoke again, constantly making the same request.
?????????Wei Kang sneered in his heart and was about to speak to completely cut off these people's thoughts.
?????????Suddenly, Gore from the Global Environment Agency interrupted everyone's conversation with a serious look.
?????????"Gentlemen, I am very disappointed in you."
"Each of you are experts in environmental protection and are responsible for protecting the earth's environment, but you only focus on the one-third of an acre of your own home."
"Obviously there is a perfect solution. As the inventor, Mr. Wei should also enjoy the profits he deserves."
???????"But you still waste time on such unnecessary requests and waste everyone's time."
?????????"Do you know? While you are talking this nonsense, our ocean is dying."
?????????"The plastic waste produced by humans is the killer of the ocean and all marine life."
After saying these words, he looked at Wei Kang apologetically: "Mr. Wei, I didn't mean to offend."
Wei Kang smiled and waved his hand: "I don't mind, please continue talking. In fact, I am more interested in what you are talking about."
????????Gore nodded and said in a deep voice.
"Mr. Wei, I know that with the super enzyme, plastic waste on land is no longer a problem. On behalf of the Football League, I would like to express my deep gratitude to you."
"However, plastic pollution is not only serious on land, but also in the ocean, even worse than on land."
"192 coastal countries around the world input tens of millions of tons of plastic waste into the ocean every year. Over the past few decades, it has reached an alarming level. If we don't deal with this problem,
It is no exaggeration to say that everyone and every country will face disaster."
???????? Having said this, he began to share relevant information and showed shocking photos and videos to the attendees.
"Look at this photo, taken near Sumbawa Island in Java, where the ocean is seriously polluted by plastic."
?????????"In the deep blue water, a seahorse larvae is wrapped around a pink plastic cotton swab. Before plastic appeared in the ocean, seahorses usually wrapped themselves around strands of seaweed."
?????????"Do you want to see such a photo? Anyway, I would rather it not exist."
????????The photos he continued to show showed countless colorful plastic bottles, plastic toys, and plastic bags floating in the seawater, appearing on the bodies of marine animals.
There is a turtle wrapped in a plastic bag. It bites open the bag to expose its head and limbs. It is swimming in the sea. In the trench below it, there is a large piece of discarded plastic bottles.
There are also plastic films suspended in the sea water, covered with algae, and small fish are eating them one by one, swallowing the algae and plastic debris together.
There are thousands of albatross dead on the beach. Their bodies have rotted. Under the exposed white ribs, you can see a lot of plastic garbage in their stomachs. It is these that were swallowed.
The garbage killed them.
?????????In a video, the food brought back from the ocean by a mother seabird turned out to be a piece of plastic picked up and fed directly to the baby seabirds. The hungry baby seabirds couldn't wait to
I took a bite, couldn't hold it anymore, and spit it out again.
????????So the mother seabird pecked the plastic pieces into pieces with her beak, and then continued to feed the little seabirds piece by piece.
???????This scene made Wei Kang fall silent.
????????Finally, a photo was frozen on the screen. An endless stretch of plastic garbage was soaked in the deep blue seawater with no end in sight. It was like a pot of plastic porridge.
Gore said sadly: "This is the huge marine garbage dump hidden in the center of the Pacific subtropical air flow, which is also the legendary 'Eighth Continent'."
"Yes, the garbage dumped by humans into the ocean slowly gathered together under the influence of ocean currents and turned into a new continent. How ironic this is."
"The Eighth Continent consists of 4 million tons of plastic waste, covering an area of 1.4 million square kilometers, which is equivalent to the country of Gaul and the size of 4 cherry blossom countries, and contains more than 50% floating in the high seas
of all plastic.”
"Gentlemen, forget about the damn plastic waste in your country, look here, this is where you need to solve the problem."
?????????Gore roared at the top of his lungs, and the expression on his face became ferocious.
"If plastic waste pollution cannot be stopped, the entire ocean will become a new floating world, filled with huge amounts of garbage, and sooner or later it will become a wall, trapping us all inside."
The faces of the participants became serious, and they all stared at the garbage continent in the photo, with worries in their eyes.
Wei Kang couldn't help but feel horrified. Although he knew that plastic pollution was serious, he didn't expect it to be so serious.
????????In the past, the reports he saw were mainly about domestic environmental issues. He really didn’t know much about global ocean plastic pollution like this.
????????Immediately said: "Mr. Gore, I have to admit that the content you showed successfully moved me."
"Sanqing is willing to contribute to the elimination of marine debris, so be it, I have changed my mind."
He pondered for a moment and said slowly: "If companies from various countries are willing to salvage plastic waste in the ocean and recycle it, then I am willing to sell super enzymes to them."
"As long as it is marine plastic waste, super enzymes can be used to recycle it, thereby earning a certain amount of profit and supporting them in continuing this environmental protection cause."
"Of course, Sanqing will also carry out a certain degree of supervision to ensure that marine garbage is recycled, not garbage on land."
"Driven by profit, there should be companies willing to salvage marine debris to make profits while also protecting the marine environment and making it better."
"I estimate that in the next few years, the garbage continent will completely disappear from the Pacific Ocean. In the future, humans will no longer be willing to discard plastics at will, but will recycle them for profit."
???????"What do you think?"
After saying this, Wei Kang looked at the environmental protection officials from various countries.
Gore immediately applauded with excitement and praised Wei Kang loudly.
"God, Mr. Wei, you are indeed a great entrepreneur. On behalf of the ocean and the people around the world, I would like to thank you again."
???????He stood up directly in front of the camera and bowed deeply.
To be continued...