Coronavirus

Lockdown & Carbon Emissions: The Truth of 2020

Chrystal Carbon Footprint, Climate Change, Emissions, Environment, Global Warming, Recent October 27, 2020October 27, 20201.5 celsius, 2 degrees, Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, Met Office, ocean acidification, Sea ice loss, sea level rising, severe storms, the Earth is Healing, UNEP, UNESCO, United Nations, World Meteorological Organization

I’m sure I can’t be the only one who’s sick to the back teeth of the words ‘unprecedented’ and ‘uncertain’. The fact of the matter, despite my new personal aversion to such words, is that they’re on

The Unwanted Renaissance of Single-Use Plastics

Chrystal Current Events, Personal Care, Pollution, Sustainability July 7, 2020August 14, 2020#plasticfreejuly, #saynotosingleuse, cloth mask, Coronavirus, COVID-19, disposable gloves, disposable mask, FDA food washing, medical waste, parcel delivery, surgical mask, virus on surfaces, World Health Organization COVID recommendations

4 people wearing masks in front of the Monda Lisa wearing a mask

Plastics, and particularly single-use plastics, had been starting to decline in popularity all over the world. More and more countries have been introducing bans on plastic bags, plastic straws, plastic cutlery and so on, like France, Australia, England, 15 countries in Africa, China (who banned bags thinner than 35 microns in 2008, and are now going all in on plastic bags) and 8 states in the Unites States. But then 2020 came along, bringing COVID-19. Suddenly, here was an opportunity for purveyors of plastic to sneak the product back in front of us, under the guise of public health and safety. But is this based on science, or is it merely opportunistic fear mongering? We lay out some evidence and advice, and dispute some cheap tactics.