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Texas sized pile of ocean garbage worse than expected
"It's one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of garbage-littered water, known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where most of the plastic looks like snowy confetti against the deep blue of the... Plastics in Ocean May Decompose and Release Toxic Chemicals
A new study shows that plastic waste floating in oceans, like those found in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, may decompose much faster than expected and release toxic substances into the ocean. This comes as a surprise as plastic was believed to be relatively stable, and... Rubbish Left on Montain Top! WAG on the case.
This is unusual for rubbish to be left on a tourism location in South Wales, UK. The Welsh Assembly Government, is currently consulting people in order to pass legislation regarding this sort of behaviour and... Chiba Day
By, Uwe Paschen. It is Chiba Day here in Narita, Chiba, Japan. Tomorrow my wife will not have to go and teach in Narita and I have no field work due to much rain and flooding nor any meetings in Tokyo. In... Mission to break up island of trash in the Pacific Ocean
There is an island of trash floating in the North Pacific Ocean that is made up entirely of six million tonnes discarded plastic. It can't break down and it's twice the size of Texas. There is a mission set to... Believe it or not, whether it is possible?
Apart from shopping, buying and getting products soon is possible now due to e-marketing and fast growing delivery services. Most of the products available online may also be delivered within short time. Its hard to believe isn't it? But its true and you will find it working... Are We Killing Ourselves With Water?
It's funny how the mind works. I've always thought that I prefer bottled water to tap water, and prefer the water that pours from the door of my refrigerator to bottled water. An interesting and somewhat disturbing... Pay Us to Recycle
" By JAMES KINDALL Published: March 4, 2009 MOST people groan at the thought of hauling their returnable bottles to the supermarket. Margo LaCarrubba considers it a gratifying domestic adventure. First of all,...
created by Barbara Mathieson | 35 wks ago | updated 35 wks ago
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Colorado lawmakers do not pass statewide plastic bag ban
In what could have been the first statewide ban on plastic bags in the United States, yesterday a state Senate bill was defeated so that shoppers in Colorado will be able to keep using plastic bags. The people who... Pollution From Plastic Threatens Beach
This is an ocean planet. On Vancouver Island we have been blessed with the bounty from the ocean. Oysters lay on the clean beaches. Children play on the sandy beaches in the summer. Dog...
created by Barbara McPherson | 36 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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539 views | 32 recommendations | 6 comments
Sears to start selling suits made from recycled bottles
Sears will start selling business suits made out of recycled plastic bottles in Spring 2009. It's called EcoGir and it's designed for the fashionable male. They're constructed out of recycled plastic bottle chips... Recycling Market in China Shattered, Glass Bottles Turned Away
China has been one of the largest importers of waste material. But as the world economy has slowed, there has been a severe drop in demand. Biz Journal quoted Brian Scaffer of Blue Mountain Recycling, located in... Delhi government to ban plastic bags
City government of Indian capital New Delhi has banned usages of plastic bag in the city and violaters would be imprisoned for five years. Officials in the Indian capital has banned use, storage and sale of... Toronto: No More 'Free' Plastic Grocery Bags
In June 2009, Toronto will become the first major Canadian metropolis to enact a bylaw forcing all retailers to charge at least five cents per plastic bag when buying groceries. "I think attitudes are... Plastic Made To Conduct Electricity
"ScienceDaily (Dec. 10, 2008) — Plastic that conducts electricity and metal that weighs no more than a feather? It sounds like an upside-down world. Yet researchers have succeeded in making plastics conductive and cutting production costs at the same time."
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