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Microplastics are everywhere. We’ve come to tacitly accept them as a side effect of our behavior toward the planet. Therefore, microplastics are within us as we eat and drink the …
Microplastics
There are thousands of tons of plastic floating in the oceans. One group trying to collect it just got a boost.
The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group is trying to clean up the …
Study maps “forever chemical” water contamination hotspots worldwide, including many in U.S.
Sydney —— Dangerous concentrations of long-lingering “forever chemicals” have been found in surface and groundwater worldwide, according to a study released Tuesday that showed Australia, the United States and Europe …
The plastic in our clothing threatens our planet – what are the alternatives? Insiders acknowledge ‘no easy task’ in phasing synthetics out
Only 20 per cent of textiles are collected for reuse or recycling globally, and almost 60 per cent of all clothing material is actually plastic. Workers produce garments at a …
Billions of Plastic Bags Avoided Since New Bans, Report Finds
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Rainn Wilson Would Love to Play ____ in Live Action | io9 Interview Over the past …
Bottled Water Contains 100 Times More Plastic Particles Than Previously Thought
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Mississippi’s Water Crisis | Extreme Earth At this point, it’s common knowledge that bottled water contains …
Millions of tiny plastic nurdles prompt fears of “major troubles” in Spain after falling from vessel
Hundreds of people in the northwest Spanish community of Galicia are working to clean up millions of tiny plastic pellets that have been washing up on their Atlantic Ocean shores. …
Bottled water contains thousands of nanoplastics
By Sandee LaMotte | CNN In a trailblazing new study, researchers have discovered bottled water sold in stores can contain 10 to 100 times more bits of plastic than previously …
Indonesia’s youth clean up trash from waterways, but more permanent solutions are still elusive
At a lake in the West Javan city of Bogor, children and teenagers paddle towards piles of floating trash, pick it up and store it in their kayaks, before passing …
Japanese researchers alarmed as microplastic density off Honshu island exceeds highs in Mediterranean Sea
“The microplastics in the sediment were difficult to see with the naked eye, so I did not know immediately after the sampling – but we had no idea that they …