Ocean Plastic Pollution Or Not, The Show Must Go On
Underwater explorers encounter ghost gear and other ocean plastic pollution, but solutions are coming.
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Sharkfest 2022 Is Here & So Is Ocean Plastic Recycling
It’s always a good time to talk about the ocean plastic problem, especially when the biggest-ever Sharkfest series is unspooling on Disney+ and National Geographic channels this week.
Tech’s Problem With Plastics — Plus Solutions Tech Can Offer
Are we kidding ourselves when we think that recycling is enough of a solution to the global plastics pollution problem?
NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S.A.
With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is … [continued]
Cutting Back On Plastic Pollution & Plastic Propaganda — CleanTech Talk
In this episode of our CleanTech Talk podcast interview series, Zachary Shahan, Director and CEO of CleanTechnica, and Scott Cooney, Founder and CEO of Pono Home, sit down to talk about plastics.
Just How Much Trash Is In The Mississippi River?
The other day, I saw a tweet from retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore in which he asked our state’s office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to force the U.S. Coast Guard to clean up the plastic trash along the Mississippi River. “Don’t Trash Louisiana,” he said in the tweet and shared pictures of the river filled with trash.
The Single-Use Plastic Dilemma — It’s Complicated
Plastic bag bans are the subject of discussion in state and local governments across America as people struggle with how to respond to the scourge of plastic waste.
New Report On Plastics & Climate — The Hidden Costs Of A Plastic Planet
Amanda Kistler, Director of Communications and Development at the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), has shared a new report with CleanTechnica. The full report, Plastic & Climate The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet, was released on May 15, 2019. Below is a summary of the report and several highlights from it.
6 Signs Of Hope For The Ocean
It’s easy to lose sight of good news amid the barrage of negative stories about the threats facing the ocean—everything from growing plastic pollution to dying coral reefs. However, there is a lot to celebrate when you look more closely at ocean-related developments.
Burning Issues About Plastic Pollution
The tragic and harmfully toxic repercussions for Malawians using plastic to light fires.
