Tag: plastic
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Plastic Waste Causes $13 Billion in Damages to Marine Ecosystems Each Year
A large and unquantifiable amount of plastic waste enters the ocean from littering, poorly managed landfills, tourist …
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Why You Should Avoid PVC Products
PVC—polyvinyl chloride or vinyl—is found in a range of products, from children’s toys to building materials to…
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5 Gyres of Plastic Trash Pollutes the World’s Oceans
It’s the silver lining of a tragedy when it takes a plane crash and the death of all its passengers to bring attention to an environmental catastrophe unfolding on a different time scale. 5 Gyres Institute has traveled 40,000 miles through all 5 gyres, including the Indian Ocean gyre, to discover each one contains a…
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22 Facts About Plastic Pollution (And 10 Things We Can Do About It)
It seems nearly impossible to escape plastic in our every day lives, doesn’t it? And we can’t escape plastic pollution, either. Plastic is literally at my fingertips all day long. Plastic keyboard. Plastic framed computer monitor. Plastic mouse. The amount of plastic I encounter daily doesn’t end there. Chances are, you can relate. Plastic is…
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Does Your Facial Scrub Harm Marine Life?
Microplastics ingested by marine worms are transferring toxic chemicals into their systems, having destructive consequences for ocean biodiversity, a new study has found. A study published Dec. 2 in the journal Current Biology is the latest to warn of the ecological hazards of tiny grains of plastic known as microplastics, millions of tons of which…