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All Eyes on Marine Plastic From Orbit

Planet Pulse

New research combining Planet’s high cadence satellite imagery and other innovative technologies has successfully found the sources and pathways of plastic pollution in the Caribbean Sea. A boom is filled with plastic, and yet was only able to collect small amounts of it due to much of the debris passing it by. km2 to 0.77km2.

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How to Reduce Packaging Waste

The Environmental Blog

Saving Resources Making packaging takes up a lot of resources like paper, plastic, and metal. Use Reusable Bags : Instead of using plastic bags, use bags you can use again and again. Sometimes you’ll find items with unnecessary layers of plastic or cardboard. That makes a lot of CO2. They’re awesome!

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Busting waste and recycling myths

Envirotec Magazine

Whether you’re a happy-go-lucky ‘wish-cycler’ – tossing waste in the hope it can be recycled – or one who routinely agonizes over different diameters of plastic wrapping, there’s no harm in picking up a clearer understanding of the whole process.

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Green Box: a hotel amenity kit made of compostable plastic

AGreenLiving

Designed to help tackle plastic waste in the hospitality industry, the Green Box is a circular hotel amenities kit full of bathroom items made from compostable plastic. Guests are educated about sustainable practices and the compostable material itself while familiarizing themselves with the circular economy and greener waste streams.

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Scientists warn we are now entering the plastic age

AGreenLiving

A recent study reports plastic pollution has deposited itself into our fossil record. Water bottles, lunch bags and clothing laced with microfibers— welcome to what some are calling the “plastic age.” We all learn in school about the stone age, the bronze age and iron age – is this going to be known as the plastic age?”

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Plastic Pollution’s Impact on Marine Life and Our Role in Conservation

The Environmental Blog

Our oceans, teeming with life, are under siege by a silent threat – plastic pollution. Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems and the creatures that call them home. Impact of Plastic Pollution on Marine Life Plastic debris takes a brutal toll on marine animals.

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Roots and Hoots delivers vegan, plastic-free items via electric van

AGreenLiving

The plastic problem is well documented around the globe, from the petroleum needed to produce it to the fact that every piece of plastic ever manufactured is still on the planet in some form — and will be for generations. On a mission to eliminate plastic from kitchen and bathroom products, the recently launched U.K.-based