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The Ocean Cleanup Bags Its First Lot of Trash

Unsustainable

The good news is that The Ocean Cleanup, a project envisioned in 2012 by a Dutch teenager, has finally started operations and hauled in its first 60 bags of trash , captured by a floating U-shaped barrier in the Pacific Ocean. The plan is to find a way to recycle the recovered plastics so that the project begins to pay for itself.

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Sustainable funerals: Part 1 – with Ethical.net

Low Impact

But there is a growing awareness that cremation (as currently carried out) is not a sustainable option: Energy use and emissions. A huge amount of energy is required to cremate a human body: temperatures of 760-1150 degrees Celsius for 75 minutes. Biodegradable urns. Globally, cremation emits over 6.8