How much do you know about the connection between the planet’s health and our own health and prosperity?
Take the quiz and find out. Then, share with your friends and family to help raise awareness.
The emergence of infectious diseases
and viruses are often linked with:
Air pollution
Bats and pangolins
The destruction of nature, biodiversity loss, deforestation & wildlife trade
It is important to address the multiple and often interacting threats to ecosystems and wildlife to prevent infectious diseases that are transmitted from animals to humans.
How much of the oxygen we breathe is produced by the ocean?
30%
50%
70%
Ocean oxygen levels are expected to fall on average by 3–4% by 2100 overall due to climate change. To slow and reverse the loss of oxygen, humans must urgently mitigate climate change globally and nutrient pollution locally.
An enzyme found in the deep ocean was used to develop the
diagnostic test for which diseases?
Covid-19, AIDS and SARS
Bird flu, influenza and SARS
Cholera and plague
The deep ocean has already given us compounds to treat cancer, inflammation, and nerve damage.
How many jobs depend on a stable and healthy
environment, globally?
24 million
500 million
1.2 billion
Industries like agriculture, fisheries and forestry, as well as tourism and pharmaceuticals, depend on natural environmental processes.
How many tons of fishing gear are left or abandoned in the seas and oceans each year?
64
64,000
640,000
Fishing gear is the biggest plastic polluter in the ocean. As a result, millions of sea animals die each year.
How much plastic does an average person consume in a year?
None. Plastic is not edible.
10 small pieces
100,000 small pieces
Eight million tons of plastic ends up in the ocean every year. They break down into tiny bits called microplastics, small enough to enter our food chain.
Healthy Seas helps combat the problem of marine litter by collecting fishing nets with the help of divers and fishermen. What happens to these fishing nets?
They are sent to landfills
They are upcycled to create sustainable new products
They are turned into plastic bottles
Healthy Seas is an excellent example for the circular economy, where waste is a resource.
One ton of nylon waste provides enough recycled nylon yarn for how many pairs of socks?
23
230
23,000
Fishing nets and other nylon waste are regenerated by Aquafil into ECONYL® yarn used to produce socks, carpets, swim wear, active wear and more.
What was the innovative breakthrough recently achieved by Tarkett, a leading manufacturer of carpet tiles?
A completely automated plant where robots produce carpet tiles
A unique recycling center
A state of the art 3D printer for carpet tiles
Tarkett has developed breakthrough technology at its carpet tile facility in Waalwijk, the Netherlands, and is now able to separate the two principal components of carpet tiles – yarn and backing, while retaining more than 95% yarn purity.
Humans are part of nature and the equation is simple:
Safeguarding the planet, guards our own health.
Let’s create a Sea Change.
Together we can make
a positive impact for the planet!
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