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[Seminar] A Brief Introduction to Borneo Marine Research Institute and Coral Reef Research in Sabah

SJINML Seminar Room Singapore, Singapore

Borneo Marine Research Institute (BMRI) is one of three research institutes in Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). It is strategically located along the shoreline of Sepangar Bay, Kota Kinabalu, providing easy access to the sea and surrounding habitats. The institute conduct marine and aquaculture research and offer postgraduate degree programmes. Undergraduate teaching of two programmes, marine science and aquaculture is conducted on behalf of Faculty of Science and Natural Resource.

[Fireside Chat] Can Plastics to Fuel Technology Resolve the Plastic Waste Problem?

Multi-Purpose Room 1, Ridge View Residential College, National University of Singapore 25 Lower Kent Ridge Road, #02-61, Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Of the 300 over million tonnes of plastics produced each year, less than 10 percent gets recycled. What happens to the rest? Some get sent to landfills where, when left to degrade, can leach harmful chemicals that spread into groundwater. Some are washed out through rivers into the oceans where they break down into microplastics that today is found in everything we eat and drink.