Grist
OCTOBER 17, 2022
But unfolding alongside the “macroplastic” pollution crisis is another threat caused by much smaller particles: microplastics. Microplastics — tiny plastic fragments that are less than 5 millimeters in diameter, a little less than one-third the size of a dime — have become ubiquitous in the environment.
AGreenLiving
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Many plant-based activists claim that leaders at COP26 aren’t paying enough attention to methane emissions from agriculture. Their symbolic choices were a 40-foot cow representing methane emissions, a fish for microplastics, a chicken for health and COVID and a pig representing obesity.
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Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 18, 2022
Less than 10% of plastic gets recycled, and we’re now each ingesting a credit cards’ worth of microplastics a week. Bonus points if you sell your existing furniture rather than send it to the landfill (where it otherwise releases uber-potent methane for years). Opt for Quality Over Quantity. – Sustainable Travel & Living.
AGreenLiving
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Over 90% of the plastics found in the ocean is comprised of microplastics, which commonly end up ingested by aquatic animals, often killing them through choking or toxicity. Oil drilling, also known as fracking, wastes water, releases methane into the atmosphere, produces oil spills and generally wreaks havoc on the environment.
Green Business Bureau
OCTOBER 8, 2020
All materials do this, even plastics, which break down into what we call microplastics – i.e. plastic particles smaller than 5mm. Yet, given the environmental impact of plastic straws , they don’t make sense for the health of our planet either. Biodegradable Straws Reduce Microplastics at Sea and on Land. ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
AGreenLiving
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
As we sit at MeeT in Gastown eating sweet-chili cauliflower, Hannah Enkerlin tells me she thinks vegetarians are more evolved people than omnivores, more in touch with animals and environmental health. After another short walk, we arrived at Kokomo , also in Chinatown, which specializes in healthful vegan bowls and smoothies.
Green Business Bureau
JANUARY 28, 2021
The pandemic has shown us how unprepared we are, exposing nature as the puppet master dictating the wellbeing of society and the health of our economy. the consumption of microplastics by marine wildlife) and indirectly (landfill sites provide ideal conditions for methane-producing bacteria). contraction in global GDP in 2020.
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