Recycled Plastic Can Improve Our Roads And Clean Up Our Environment!
The world has a plastics problem Every minute the world buys one million of single use plastic bottles. We are not only using too much of it, but we also recycle far too little...
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Reduce Your Plastic Waste In 2019 With 10 Easy ways
Guardian environment correspondent Sandra Laville explains why we can’t recycle our way out of the plastics problem, and suggests ways to reduce your footprint. Plastic has become perhaps the most demonised material of the last...
North Jakarta mangrove areas left littered with plastic
Mangrove areas littered with plastic and styrofoam trash in area of community unit (RW) 07, Marunda, Cilincing, North Jakarta, cannot be cleaned up because of a lack of access to the site, locals have...
Whale shark eating plastic in asia
This horrific image of a whale shark about to eat a plastic bag in an ocean of filth will burn into your retina. This picture was shot by Rich Carey. Asia is one of...
Dead sperm whale found in Indonesia had ingested 6kg of plastic
A dead sperm whale that washed ashore in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg (13 lbs) of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups, four...
The world’s population buys one million plastic bottles every single minute
We’re drowning in plastic bottles. New statistics released by The Guardian reveal that humans purchase one million plastic bottles every minute. And that adds up to nearly 500 billion bottles a year. While it’s true many of...
Cameroon Student Recycles Plastic Bottles Into Boats
Humanity has a plastic bottle addiction – people around the world purchase one million a minute, and many bottles wind up in the ocean instead of recycling bins. Cameroon-based nonprofit Madiba & Nature is pioneering a creative use for...
Plastic found inside lobster being prepared for meal in Edinburgh
These shocking photographs show plastic in the stomach of a lobster which was being prepared for a posh meal. The images show the extent of plastic pollution in the seas. Chef Claudia Escobar spotted the...
Malaysia issues permanent ban on import of plastic waste
Permanent ban PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has issued a permanent ban on the import of plastic waste effective Friday (Oct 26), says Zuraida Kamaruddin. The Housing and Local Government Minister said the country would also be...
The surprising solution to ocean plastic
Can we find a solution dor the problem of ocean plastic and end extreme poverty at the same time? That’s the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank. A worldwide chain of stores where everything...