While revolutionizing ocean observation, growing fleets of expendable sensors presents an environmental challenge and demands a shift in how we think about materials destined to become marine debris. To date, Nereid has created ocean-degradable internals for the expendable ocean sensor MINION (MINiature IsOpycNal float).
Expendable plastic goods in aquaculture include items such as buoys, which might detach from their moorings in rough weather, or which continually shed microplastics from UV degradation. In response to this, Nereid has fabricated an injection molded buoy with a lifespan that will match the service life required of it.
Eel trap entrances (ETE) make up a large percentage of abandoned, lost, and derelict fishing gear. Abandoned whole traps can continue to ghost fish or form a hazard to marine mammals through ingestion and entanglement. Nereid has created injection molded ocean-degradable ETEs that will fully biodegrade in a matter of years.
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Anne Meyer
Living Materials Expert