Can you go 21 days without using plastic water bottles? Well, you’ve been challenged. Too easy of a challenge for you? Share the idea with your friends and family. Imagine if the entire world went 21 days without consuming plastic bottles. Let’s make 2019 the year of plastic pollution solutions. We have unimaginable power as […]
We are excited to announce that today marks the start of our 21-day #LandfillChallenge in which we’re challenging you to hold on to your plastic trash for 21 days. The average American produces 4.4 pounds of waste per day. Since our garbage is “out of sight, out of mind,” it’s easy for us to disregard […]
The plastic pollution crisis has been building for some time now, to the point where around eight million tons of plastic enter the world’s oceans each year. In response, a movement to cut down on plastic waste has also been gaining momentum, but 2018 was the year it really picked up speed, with everyone from […]
The use of traditional plastics poses a major threat to the world’s oceans: If current trends continue, plastics will outnumber fish by 2050. But the oceans might also contain the solution to this massive problem, researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have discovered. That solution comes in the form of a microorganism that feeds on […]
At least eight million tons of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans every year, and some of it washes up on the beautiful pink-sand beaches of Bermuda. But one inventive artist has found a way to turn this tragedy into a unique and educational take on the traditional Advent calendar, CNN reported. Every day […]
By Perry Wheeler Throughout this year, people all over the globe united to take on plastic pollution. Greenpeace supporters have asked their local supermarkets to phase out throwaway plastics, helped us reach 3 million signatures to companies like Coca-Cola, Nestle and Unilever demanding they invest in real solutions and participated in beach cleanups and brand […]
However, the infiltration of plastics into our daily lives goes much deeper, making it hard to avoid this polluting material which will remain in our ecosystems for centuries to come. It’s high time that corporates and governments step up to stem the tide of plastic, taking action to eliminate all but the most essential single-use […]
2018 was the year for plastic pollution awareness. One good aspect of the plastic crisis is the fact that we can solve it. Getting involved with solutions is an easy way to have our voices heard globally. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/753923024970011/ expand=1] “The bottom line with plastic pollution is that there’s plastic everywhere,” said Gaelin Rosenwaks, founder […]
A local government in Tasmania found a clever way to recycle single-use plastics and other landfill-bound waste by building a new road. The 500-meter (1,640-foot) stretch outside the city of Hobart is made of approximately 173,600 plastic bags and packaging, as well as 82,500 glass bottle equivalents diverted from landfill, the Kingborough council announced Tuesday. […]
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