20 Jul Dumping of billions of tonnes of plastic waste is ‘uncontrolled experiment’ on planet Earth, scientists warn
Humans have produced about 8.3 billion metric tonnes of plastic since 1950, according to first global estimate....
Pollution
19 Jul A brief history of the modern-day straw, the World’s most wasteful commodity
Americans use 500 million of them every single day....
12 Jul Our oceans need a government, too
Oceans cover the majority of the earth's surface and are crucial to our survival. Global warming, overfishing and pollution are all huge threats. But how can we safeguard such a vast and important resource?...
10 Jul What’s the carbon footprint of making a Tesla battery?
One of the knocks environmentalists and urbanists have against electric cars is that they don’t reduce number of cars on the road, and that there is a huge environmental cost to actually making them....
07 Jul Good lord, the world is using almost 500 billion plastic water bottles a year
We’ll hit 580 billion by 2021....
29 Jun Floating a new idea for garbage collection
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in Act, Environment, Microplastics, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, plastic waste, Pollution
The Ocean Cleanup hopes to put a huge dent in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch....
26 Jun 7 brands who turn plastic bottles into posh fashion
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in Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, Plastic bottles, plastic waste, Pollution, Read, Sustainable fashion
Forward thinking fashion brands are turning the waves of wasted plastic bottles into clothing, shoes and bags....
26 Jun New method clears micropollutants from water
Researchers at MIT have developed an electrochemical system to remove very small concentrations of specific pollutants from water....
15 Jun National Clean Air Day: Take a pledge
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in Air pollution, Campaign, Education, Environment, ethical living, Fossil fuels, Pollution
We're asking people to pledge to take action to reduce air pollution you create on National Clean Air Day....
14 Jun New research could make oceans cleaner
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in Environment, Green tech, Microplastics, Ocean conservation, Ocean waste, Pollution, Read
Scientists in the UK have found a way to replace plastic microbeads with biodegradable beads made from cellulose....