WE MUST ALSO REMEMBER THE BLUE CONVERSION

The biodiversity of the world's oceans is under pressure. Among other things, due to pollution, because we humans emit toxins and chemicals. But our fight against limescale problems must not pollute the aquatic environment. A LAGUR -plants do not use chemicals and do not discharge wastewater.

The green transition is taking hold of many people and companies, but we must not forget what can be called the blue transition, because biodiversity in the world's oceans is under pressure.

Much of the green transition is about reducing our CO2 emissions as much as possible, but we must also remember that we damage nature and our opportunities to create a sustainable planet when we emit chemicals and toxins that end up in the blue element.

A more sustainable water treatment is necessary when we want to think about the well-being of the planet and at the same time want to be free from limescale problems in everyday life.

WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?

But what exactly is biodiversity? According to the UN definition, biodiversity is “the variety of living organisms in all environments, both on land and in water, and the ecological interactions in which these organisms participate. Biodiversity includes both the variation within and between species and the diversity of ecosystems.”

Biodiversity is about all life on earth – plants, animals and other organisms of all kinds, from single-celled algae to the blue whale.

BIODIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT TO US

Biodiversity is the diversity of ecosystems, species and genes that surround us. The greater the biodiversity, the cleaner our air and water, and the better the food we can produce. And as the Danish Environmental Protection Agency points out , biodiversity also counteracts natural disasters, pests and diseases in the world, just as biodiversity is a factor in regulating our climate.

In 2019, scientists warned in a UN report that more than one million species out of eight million are threatened with extinction within the coming decades.

Some experts even say we are staring at the sixth mass extinction event in the history of the planet. It can take ecosystems millions of years to recover from mass extinctions like those that have killed between 60 and 95 percent of all species in previous Earth's history.

POOR ECOLOGICAL CONDITION

In domestic Danish waters, it is environmental pollution, oxygen depletion due to the discharge of nutrient salts and fishing with bottom trawls that threaten biodiversity the most . Mussel beds, eelgrass and seaweed forests are most severely affected.

In 2016, only two of the 119 coastal water areas into which the Danish coastal waters are divided were assessed as having good ecological status based on chlorophyll, eelgrass and benthic fauna. Poor ecological status has negative effects on biodiversity and thus also on the ocean's ability to moderate climate effects and provide food such as fish and shellfish.

GLOBAL GOAL NO. 14: LIFE IN THE OCEANS

Unlike conventional water softening plants , which uses salt in the process and discharges wastewater, discharges LAGUR no wastewater at all – for the benefit of the global water cycle and life in the world's oceans.

LAGUR It also makes it easier to clean with Swan-labeled products without chemicals, as the limescale in the water does not deposit to nearly the same extent in a property where it is installed. LAGUR .

This contributes LAGUR to our joint work for one of the UN's global goals, namely no. 14, which is about life in the oceans, where we must preserve and protect the ocean's biodiversity and its resources.

POLLUTION AND ACIDIZATION

Pollution from the release of toxic and chemical substances is one of several factors that threaten marine life. Others include dumping, polluting aquaculture, and the release of nitrogen and phosphorus, which leads to oxygen depletion.

So-called acidification also harms animal and plant life in the world's oceans. In line with industrialization and our emissions of CO2, the pH value in the oceans has fallen because seawater absorbs CO2 from the atmosphere, and for many organisms in the ocean, life is linked to quite narrow pH ranges.

LIMITED CO2

IN LAGUR We limit our CO2 emissions by having all production at our facilities take place in Denmark, and at the same time have a LAGUR -plant has very low power consumption.

As LAGUR does not use salt and other chemicals in the process and does not require service and maintenance, there is no other transport associated with the operation of LAGUR than the installation itself.

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