This zero-waste packaging is made from bamboo

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"When did we become a plastic society... Every bit of plastic that has been created still exists... Every day in the US, we throw out almost 88 tons of plastic... recycling is not a sustainable solution.... by refusing the use of disposable plastic you can improve the health of the ocean and the environment around us, including human health and animal health..."

https://youtu.be/9znvqIkIM-A

#PlasticFreeFuture #ReducePlasticWaste #OceanHealth #SustainableChoices #PlasticPollution

What is Plastic Pollution? – Open Your Eyes with Jeff Bridges

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Degradable microbead could replace plastic exfoliants in skin cleansers.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/new-microbead-plastic-free-skin-scrub

Next, we need a degradable replacement for shopping bags and all polyethylene food packaging.

#plasticPollution #plasticOcean #plastics #plastic #PlasticFreeFuture

A new microbead proves effective as a plastic-free skin scrubber

The nonplastic polymer cleaned up eyeliner and permanent marker and broke down into molecules related to sugar and amino acids.

Science News

Dear _ ,

🌱 The healing of the Earth begins now. How can I contribute to a ban of hazardous waste production, to the development of mycotechnologies that digest toxins, & plants that rehabilitate land? 🌍 How do we eliminate plastic, rethink flows, & fund development of non-invasive nondestructive environmental toxicology? 🧪 We will reclaim destroyed urban spaces. 🌳 Every action matters, every voice matters. Dreams of a living planet can be made real. 💡 #EcoRehab #PlasticFreeFuture #GreenScience

Another Petroleum industry miraculous cure is exposed.

The only possible solution to plastic pollution is to stop making it.

#PlasticFreeFuture
#PlasticPollution
#PetroleumKills

https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis

The Delusion of “Advanced” Plastic Recycling

The plastics industry has heralded a type of chemical recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with old ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the crisis.

ProPublica

This is exactly the solution to plastic pollution except that we all should load it in drone drops and unload it on the facilities making plastic!

"Here's your plastic back!"

#PlasticFreeFuture
#PlasticPollution

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/01/seoul-warns-public-of-more-balloons-being-sent-from-north-korea

North Korea sends 600 more rubbish-filled balloons across border, South says

About 20-50 balloons an hour incoming, warns Seoul’s military, urging public to report but don’t touch

The Guardian

Is it possible to transition to a refill and reuse system?

With real commitment and collaboration from corporations and governments, it is.

#GreenDisability #PlasticFreeFuture #ClimateChange #SDGs #WasteManagement #ClimateAction #Sustainability

https://grist.org/business/what-will-it-take-to-get-companies-to-embrace-reusable-packaging/

What will it take to get companies to embrace reusable packaging?

Inside the effort to standardize the design of returnable containers.

Grist

“The vortices of garbage in the Pacific harm marine life as well as the environment, exacerbating human-caused climate change.

“Ocean plastic damages air quality, pollutes the atmosphere and contributes to global warming…

“Sunlight and heat cause plastic to release powerful greenhouse gasses. The WWF says as the planet gets hotter, the plastic breaks down into methane and ethylene, which increases the rate of climate change.

“Chemical components and legacy pollutants also absorb into the plastic marine animals are eating…”
#TheGreatPacificGarbagePatch #Plastic #PlasticPollution #PlasticFreeFuture
#ClimateEmergency #ExtinctionRebellion #Recycle #Renewables

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: The Floating Islands of Trash Three Times the Size of France - CNET https://www.cnet.com/science/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-the-floating-islands-of-trash-three-times-the-size-of-france/#ftag=CAD590a51e posted by #technewz_bot #tech #news

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