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We should be doing like Australia.

The plastic problem, and some solutions Today, India is hosting the World Environment Day with the theme 'Beat Plastic Pollution'

Plastic roads in India

The Use of Plastics Waste in the Construction of ASPHALT ROAD This video describes the use of all types of plastics waste in the construction of ASPHALT ROAD.

Top 10 Eco-friendly Substitutes for Plastic Without a doubt, plastic is useful. It's also everywhere -- filling up landfills and recycling bins. These 10 twists on the common polymer are trying to change that reality.

Friday Afternoon Video -- Sea Turtles Swimming Friday Afternoon Video -- Sea Turtles Swimming

Geo-Life, clean water 501(c)(3) charity - Clean Drinking Water for Developing Countries Clean water for low income areas in developing countries where people live on less than a dollar a day

Coca-Cola to invest in improved energy-efficient equipment as part of its 2020 Sustainability Plan Coca-Cola Enterprises’ (CCE’s) has released its 10th annual Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report, providing an update on its Sustainability Plan and replacing CCE’s 2013/2014 CRS Report.

India's recycling hub in danger over lower oil prices | Plastics News June 17, 2015 Updated 6/17/2015 India's recycling hub in danger over lower oil prices Comments Email Print Reprints By Steve Toloken SHARE × Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Google+ Comments Public Policy Sustainability India Recycling More + Steve Toloken Workers sort through plastic materials in Dharavi,…

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40 of the most powerful social issue ads that will make you stop and think. We love the plastic pollution images!

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40 Of The Most Powerful Social Issue Ads That’ll Make You Stop And Think Many people complain about advertisements as an obnoxious way for companies to invade our everyday lives and cram their products down our throats, but that's not all that advertisements are good for. The advertisements on this list are excellent examples of effective advertising strategies for socia…

Plastic Legacy: Humankind's Trash Is Now a New Rock

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Plastic Legacy: Humankind's Trash Is Now a New Rock Melted plastic trash on beaches can sometimes mix with sediment, basaltic lava fragments and organic debris to produce a new type of rock material called plastiglomerate. The rock may serve as a geological marker of humanity's impact on Earth.

HUGE VICTORY! Illinois Bans Microbeads in Cosmetics and Soaps!!!

CHICAGO, IL (KFVS/AP) - Gov. Pat Quinn has signed a law he says makes Illinois the first state nationwide to ban products containing so-called microbeads.

Synthetic plastic microbeads are found in soaps and cosmetics and billed as a way to exfoliate. But experts have raised concerns of plastic pollution in waterways.

The new Illinois law seeks to prohibit the manufacture of such products by 2018's end and sale of such products by the end of 2019. Quinn signed the legislation Sunday.

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Bonnaroo announces program to reduce plastic waste:
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Bonnaroo announces program to reduce plastic waste Bonnaroo's sustainability team announced last week the launch of Refill Revolution, a festival-wide pilot sustainability project designed to keep fans hydrated while encouraging them to rethink plastic consumption habits and reduce disposable cup and bott

This powerful image has been circulating the internet recently and we had to share! What are your thoughts?

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Solar Roadways Solar panels that you can drive, park, and walk on. They melt snow and... cut greenhouse gases by 75-percent?!!!

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You can make houses with plastic bottles? By filling them with sand, and molding together with mud or cement walls - they will give you a pleasant temperature of 24 degrees in the summer.

In samples collected in Lake Erie, 85 percent of the plastic particles were smaller than two-tenths of an inch, and much of that was microscopic. Researchers found 1,500 and 1.7 million of these particles per square mile.

44 percent of all seabird species, 22 percent of cetaceans, all sea turtle species and a growing list of fish species have been documented with plastic in or around their bodies.

One million sea birds and 100,000 marine mammals are killed annually from plastic in our oceans

Plastic constitutes approximately 90 percent of all trash floating on the ocean’s surface, with 46,000 pieces of plastic per square mile.

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Terror example for non digest things.

Most of us have developed a unique habit of blaming our governments for everything that goes wrong in the environment

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Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences in the oceans making up about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. 80 percent of pollution enters the ocean from the land.