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2018-08-29

Everything Gonna be Plastic bye and bye

Plastic Pollution:  Excellent Article from SLOACTIVE – A company selling active wear to those who use the ocean for other than  waste disposal. The Impact on our oceans and what we can do about it. (see: https://sloactive.com/ for more on this company and its contribution) In this article: Plastic pollution: the problem How much plastic is […]

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2017-12-08

A PLASTIC WORLD – IS THE END NEAR?

  A PLASTIC WORLD – IS THE END UPON US? The end of the era of throwaway plastic has been signalled by UN environment ministers meeting in Kenya. They signed off a document stating that the flow of plastic into the ocean must be stopped. Scientists welcomed the statement, but were unhappy the agreement was […]

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2017-06-29

The Ocean is our Garbage Dump

The Ocean is not “Away”. Recently the shores of Henderson Island, one of the most remote islands in the world, were found to be deep in garbage, with the equivalent of several truckloads delivered daily by incoming currents.  This remote uninhabited island in the south Pacific  (the nearest inhabited island is Pitcairn)  received garbage from […]

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2017-06-21

A stranded whale that died with a stomach full of plastic has a message for us

“Our household rubbish is polluting every single part of our oceans, at every possible depth. The Cuvier’s beaked whale feeds far out to sea at depths of a mile or more – and yet one died with dozens of plastic bags in its stomach. The animal, which stranded near Bergen, Norway, had mistaken so many bags […]

Article posted by Ian Whyte / Articles, What are you doing / mitigation, ocean, plastic, plastic bags, plastic pollution, refuse plastic, single use plastic, Sustainability, values, Wildlife conservation Leave a Comment

2017-03-10

Cost of pollution = 1.7 Million Child Deaths Annually

The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO A new WHO study underlines the real human cost of pollution.  Worldwide children are at risk.  The air and water are themselves hazards, and the cost to children is not limited to the rich, developing or developed world.  It should be […]

Article posted by Ted Manning / Articles, Trending / health, human costs, plastic pollution Leave a Comment

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