Plastic: How long until it's gone?
Why is plastic in the oceans such a huge problem? It can take up to 600 years to break down, though it never REALLY decomposes!
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Why is plastic in the oceans such a huge problem? It can take up to 600 years to break down, though it never REALLY decomposes!
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Landfill Harmonic
The world generates about a billion tons of garbage a year. Those who live with it and from it are the poor – like the people of Cateura, Paraguay. And here they are transforming it into beauty. Landfill Harmonic follows the Orchestra as it takes its inspiring spectacle of trash...
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Where to old cellphones go to die?
AMERICANS replace their cellphones every 22 months, junking some 150 million old phones in 2010 alone. Ever wondered what happens to all these old phones? The answer isn’t pretty.
In far-flung, mostly impoverished places like Agbogbloshie, Ghana; Delhi, India; a...
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4% of Sweden's Trash goes to the landfill
Sweden Needs More Trash
Posted by Dan Stone of National Geographic Magazine
Sweden has always been ahead of its neighbors when it comes to reducing its environmental impact. To make power, the country does something unique: it turns trash into power on a ...
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Posted by Dan Stone of National Geographic Magazine
Sweden has always been ahead of its neighbors when it comes to reducing its environmental impact. To make power, the country does something unique: it turns trash into power on a ...
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How to recycle batteries
If you take a look around your home you’d be surprised to see just how many batteries are used in household items.
In the USA alone 3 billion batteries are purchased annually and most of these are thrown away. Globally it's estimated that 10 billion are pur...
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The Facts About Plastic
Did you ever wonder where plastic comes from and where it ends up after you’ve thrown it out?
The first plastics were discovered in the late 1800s and humans have been developing them ever since; it is now a multi-billion dollar industry. Plastics are manmade ma...
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Reuse, borrow and Recycle
We all know the catchphrase "Reduce, reuse, recycle." This article deals with the 'reuse' part of the equation. If you have something you no longer need that is not worth much to sell, whether it be toys, a lawnmower, books or even clothes, don't add to landfill ...
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Ugly discarded plastic is transformed into magical sculptures
Discarded plastic that was once seen as ugly waste, is transformed into ethereal and timeless sculptures by Canadian born multimedia artist Aurora Robson.
Aurora is predominantly known for her transformative works, which utilize plastic debris, found objects at the be...
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Brighten a Child's Life and Recycle at the Same Time
We all know the benefits of recycling. Today we’re going to remind you of something that’s even better—reusing. Our product of choice is the book. How many of us have boxes of books that we no longer read? We can take them to a secondhand bookshop, or put them in the...
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The Plastic Problem Solved: Let the Mushrooms Eat it!
A group of scientists from Yale Universtity recently discovered a particular fungi in the Amazon that will devoure polyurethane.
"The fungi, Pestalotiopsis microspora, is the first anyone has found to survive on a steady diet of polyurethane alone and--even mo...
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