One of the most challenging changes to make in our lives is removing plastic. But the thing is, it’s also one of the most impactful changes you can make!
Read more8 Places You’d Be Surprised To Find Plastic…But It’s There!
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Plastic Pollution Solutions
Today, we’re talking plastic. Some facts: If you didn’t know, plastic is made from petroleum. About 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced since the 1950s, which is roughly the weight of a billion elephants or 47 million blue whales. And only about 9% of that plastic has ever been recycled, 12% has been burned and the remaining 79% has ended up in landfills or the environment.
Plastic pollution is the most widespread problem affecting our marine environments. It threatens ocean health, food safety and quality, human health, coastal tourism, and contributes to climate change.
Read moreThe Unwanted Renaissance of Single-Use Plastics
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.
Read morePlastic Free July…and all the time!
We’ve spent a little bit of time recently talking about plastic – the ugliness and danger of plastic waste in our oceans, and ways we can reduce our use of plastic. We all know that we need
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