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Earth Day goes big & virtual again

Greenability Magazine

Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin inspired more than 20-million Americans (10 percent of the population at the time) to gather at “teach-ins,” rallies and protests to demand cleaner air and water. Microplastics and the Environment , Aquatic Ecology Lab. On the first Earth Day in 1970, U.S. Heart & Soil , CinemaKC.

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Using ‘recycled plastic’ in construction materials may not be a great idea after all

Grist

Several recent studies have raised environmental concerns about microplastics, tiny fragments of plastics that could potentially slough off of plastic-infused infrastructure. Besides, he added, there’s actually considerable demand for the kind of high-quality waste plastics that can be used in infrastructure.