It’s fast approaching the end of July, and with it the month long campaign dedicated to raising awareness about minimising the purchase of all products with plastic packaging and in particular reducing single-use plastics. The publicity campaign may well have calmed down a tad by now, but this year, more than previous years, theContinue reading “The Last Straw – Reducing Single Use Plastics”
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Plastic Water Bottle Pollution: Where do all the Bottles End Up?
How bad is bad when it comes to plastic water bottle pollution? Pretty bad. Americans buy 29 billion water bottles a year. For every six bottles people buy, only one is recycled. That leads to a big problem given the fact that water bottles do not biodegrade, but rather photodegrade. This means that it takesContinue reading “Plastic Water Bottle Pollution: Where do all the Bottles End Up?”
Plastic waste and climate change – what’s the connection
Plastic is one of the most persistent pollutants on Earth. It’s made to last – and it does, often for 400 years or more. And at every step in its lifecycle, even long after it has been discarded, plastic creates greenhouse gas emissions that are contributing to the warming of our world. A report byContinue reading “Plastic waste and climate change – what’s the connection”
Recycling Plastics
Are there any sustainable products made from ocean plastic? Can we solve the problem of ocean plastic pollution and end extreme poverty at the same time? That’s the ambitious goal of The Plastic Bank: a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition to cooking fuel and more is available for purchase in exchangeContinue reading “Recycling Plastics”
How Big The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Really Is
Eight million tons of plastic winds up into the world’s oceans every year, much of that accumulating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That 80,000 tons of fishing net, bottles, and other trash has more pieces of plastic than there are stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. And it’s only getting bigger. Plastic is aContinue reading “How Big The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Really Is”
Why We Need Plastic Ban?
Plastic pollution is a major problem for all of us. We have already discussed how critical is pollution from plastics. Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth’s environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-,Continue reading “Why We Need Plastic Ban?”
MEMOBOTTLES-FLAT SQUARE & SLIM WATER BOTTLES
Designed to fit You shouldn’t have to think twice about bringing water. That’s why we reimagined the humble water bottle to always fit – into your bag and life. Memobottle convenient paper shaped design allows it to sit flat against laptops, books and anything else you might carry. Whether you’re packing for work, play or travel,Continue reading “MEMOBOTTLES-FLAT SQUARE & SLIM WATER BOTTLES”
Plastic Recycling: The Process, Advantages and Disadvantages
Plastic is one of the most versatile materials of our modern age. And yet the popularity of plastic is the problem. We use 20 times more plastic now than we did 50 years ago and masses of this material is finding its way into the landfill to spend hundreds of years taking up space.Plastic pollution is theContinue reading “Plastic Recycling: The Process, Advantages and Disadvantages”
Recycling Of Wastes
Plastic pollution is the accumulation of plastic objects and particles (e.g. plastic bottles, bags and microbeads) in the Earth’s environment that adversely affects wildlife, wildlife habitat, and humans. Plastics that act as pollutants are categorized into micro-, meso-, or macro debris, based on size. What is Recycling? • Recycling is a process in which waste materials are treatedContinue reading “Recycling Of Wastes”
Can Chemical Recycling Solve The World’s Plastic Problem?
Plastics recycling is failing, and the plastics industry is betting big on a technology called chemical recycling to save it. This tech can supposedly convert any type of used plastic into plastic that’s as good as new. But skepticism abounds. The recycling of e-waste is both ecologically desirable and necessary. It promotes reuse of recoverable materials, thereby reducingContinue reading “Can Chemical Recycling Solve The World’s Plastic Problem?”
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