One of the biggest concerns surrounding the proliferation of microplastics in the world’s oceans is how they might move up the food web from smaller to larger marine life, eventually ending up in our stomachs. Now, a first-of-its-kind study has shown just how quickly the tiny particles can accumulate in the bodies of shellfish under […]
It’s scary to be a young person who cares about the world today. If we don’t dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions within the next 12 years, dangerous climate change will be inevitable. If we don’t change how we dispose of waste, there will be more plastics than fish in the oceans by 2050. This is […]
By Yogi H. Hendlin The two largest global brands of capsule coffee, Nespresso and Keurig, are regarded by many as environmental nightmares. Billions of the throwaway nonrecyclable plastic products currently clutter waste dumps, waterways and city streets. Both inventor of the “K-cups” John Sylvan and former Nespresso CEO Jean-Paul Gaillard have publicly bemoaned the environmental […]
By Mary Mazzoni Global consumers now use a million plastic bottles every minute, 91 percent of which are not recycled. Our growing consumption of single-use plastic is evident in the form of ever-expanding landfills, as well as pollution on our sidewalks, along roadways and in natural ecosystems. Plastic that is littered or blown out of […]
By Patrick Rogers Lizzie Carr was navigating a stretch of the Hudson River north of Yonkers, New York, recently when she spotted it—a hunk of plastic so large and out of place that she was momentarily at a loss to describe it. The sloping side helped her put her finger on it: It was an […]
Disposal diapers can take an estimated 500 years to decompose. That means if Henry VIII wore disposables, they’d probably still be around today. Although throwaway nappies are undoubtedly convenient, these mostly-synthetic items cause never-ending steams of waste that will take centuries to disappear. To help chip away at the 20 million metric tons of disposable […]
By Julia Conley A year after researchers at a New York university discovered microplastics present in sea salt thanks to widespread plastic pollution, researchers in South Korea set out to find out how pervasive the problem is—and found that 90 percent of salt brands commonly used in homes around the world contain the tiny pieces […]
A Maryland bear cub got himself into a sticky situation over the weekend. The 100-pound male bear earned himself the nickname “Buckethead” when he got his head stuck in a plastic jar in search of a tasty snack, BBC News reported. Luckily, the Maryland Department of Human Resources – Wildlife & Heritage Service was able […]
When the Burnham Coastguard Rescue Team went to assist a man who fell ill while walking his dogs on a UK beach Oct. 3, they made a shocking discovery. Rough tides had washed up a significant amount of debris onto the beach, including, of course, plastic. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/BurnhamCoastguard/photos/pcb.1127416984107354/1127416907440695/?type=3&theater expand=1] “The beach warden said he had […]
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