single-use plastic
09/13/2018
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By Ralph Flores
How we can really reduce plastic pollution (it’s not by recycling)
Plastic pollution is one of the biggest environmental concerns in the world today. However, dealing with our plastic problem isn’t as simple as it seems. Indeed, a lot has been done – especially in recent times – to raise awareness on the issues and drum up ways of addressing it, but for some of us, it’s […]
07/21/2018
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By Zoey Sky
Environmental activists compile images of McDonald’s balloons washing up on coastlines around the world
Balloons can look innocent in parties, where they’re hung to liven up the place. However, a lot of these helium-inflated party favors end up on beaches, where they pollute most of the world’s coastlines. In particular, concerned campaigners from Blue Planet Society have called on McDonald’s branches in the U.K. to stop giving away balloons by collecting […]
04/02/2018
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By Edsel Cook
No longer Texas-sized, trash islands in our oceans are now the size of Mexico – and growing at an alarming rate
The biggest of the trash islands in the oceans have gone from the size of Texas to bigger than Mexico. And their growth shows no sign of abatement due to the increasing amount of plastic use and waste around the world, warned a Pacific Standard article. Individual islands are formed out of seaweed, styrofoam, and plastic trash […]
03/28/2018
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By Zoey Sky
The once pristine European Arctic is now covered in plastic despite low human population; researchers concerned for wildlife, ecosystems
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) reports that a worrisome amount of plastic waste is accumulating in the “once-pristine European Arctic.” An NPI study revealed that “plastic in all sizes” is now scattered all over the Norwegian Arctic and in the Svalbard islands, an archipelago situated between Norway’s mainland and the North Pole, one of the planet’s northernmost inhabited regions. […]
02/07/2018
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Plastic pollution is devastating ocean ecosystems, turning them into “toxic repositories;” documentary spurs action
Sir David Attenborough, an English veteran broadcaster and naturalist who recently made a documentary on plastic and its harmful effects on the environment, said that the Earth’s oceans are slowly becoming a toxic depository due to the evil deeds of the planet’s dwellers. Describing one scene from the documentary, Attenborough said, “In it, as snowflakes […]
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