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Category Archives: Plastic Pollution
Plastics at the Rio Earth Summit
Daniella Russo, a co-founders of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, was in Rio de Janeiro last week for the Rio+20 2012 Earth Summit. I asked her about what did –and didn’t — happen at the international gathering: Q: What were you … Continue reading
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Plasticity 2012
Do you have a cool idea for reusing used plastic bottles? Have you thought of innovative ways to collect and recycle plastic trash? If so, check out Plasticity 2012, a one-day forum that will be held next month alongside Rio … Continue reading
Will Bag Bans Take Off in California?
If I were a betting person, I’d wager we’ll see a wave of plastic bag prohibitions coming out of California communities over the next year. And I’m guessing that unlike the first round of bag measures that were inspired by … Continue reading
The Bag versus the Bay
Here’s a great video from San Francisco’s Save the Bay: watch?v=jSD21zp89zM&feature=player_embedded
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News from the South Pacific
Earlier this week I spoke by satellite phone with Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins, co-founders of 5 Gyres, an organization created to do research and public education on the problem of plastic pollution. By now, the “garbage patch” in the … Continue reading
Ocean Microbes that Eat Plastic
There’s a fascinating report in Naturenews this week on how marine bacteria are dealing with the bazillions of pieces of plastic debris that now float in the sea, like a vast microscopic armada. The bacteria seem to be eating the … Continue reading
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