Plastic Pollution

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let’s say you lost your headphones, so you order replacements on Amazon. They arrive in a blue-and-white Amazon-branded plastic envelope. Inside, there’s a clear plastic bag, and inside that, a hard…

You see them in a variety of products on grocery store shelves: bags, cutlery and coffee pods made of what's known as compostable plastic. But watch what Marketplace discovered about what actually happens when you put them in your green bin. As the plastic pollution problem deepens, interest has grown…

A species of caterpillar may provide answers on how to best eradicate plastic waste, a 300 million ton per year problem.The waxworm, researchers discovered in 2017, is seemingly able to eat through common types of plastic – including polyethylene, a nonbiodegradable type of plastic that is the most commonly used worldwide."They are…

6:23 amMarch 6, 2020 By Julian Horsey Wayfarer universal water purification system allows you to drink pure safe water any time, anywhere. The water purification system effectively removes 99.99% of viruses, bacteria and harmful contaminants using its patented technology. Watch the demonstration video below to learn more about the Wayfarer…

Inexpensive stocks for the price of a Happy Meal.Even though investors are always looking for a bargain, many are wary of buying shares of companies priced at $5 or lower. But just because a stock's price is low doesn't mean it's a bad investment. In fact, many stocks under $5…

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There’s no doubt that the beauty industry generates an enormous amount of waste.  If you think about it, most products are wrapped in cellophane before you even get to the actual product box, which is often made from very thick cardboard (with perhaps, additional plastic bits) that may or may…

Each year, humanity churns out some 300 million tons of plastic and ships it around the world before dropping it into landfills. And the problem doesn’t stop there. In the half-century since plastic exploded into our lives, tiny bits of it have spread through our oceans, our ecosystems and even…

Each year, humanity churns out some 300 million tons of plastic and ships it around the world before dropping it into landfills. And the problem doesn’t stop there. In the half-century since plastic exploded into our lives, tiny bits of it have spread through our oceans, our ecosystems and even…

Detail from Oskar Krajewski's installation, Colony on Mars 2071, at London's Bargehouse until 15 ... March 2020 Paul Allen/Andfotography.com A brilliant, timely new exhibition in a nineteenth-century former warehouse on London’s southbank, Mars & Beyond deals with both our environmental concerns and our fascination with outerspace. The exhibition poses the…