USA - Plastic, paper & can recycling

28/09/2023

In two recent papers, Saint Louis University researchers report finding high concentrations of microplastics present in a Missouri cave system that had been closed to human visitors for 30 years.

22/09/2023

BlueTriton, the company that owns Arrowhead brand, has been taking water from San Bernardino springs for more than 100 years

03/09/2023

Researchers found that three-quarters of cultured embryonic kidney cells had died after two days of being introduced to the particles.

03/09/2023

Firefly Conservation and Research says it's unclear why they're vanishing, but scientists have two theories.

03/09/2023

Marine mammals—animals including whales, dolphins, seals, sea lions, sea otters, dugongs and manatees—are threatened by an array of human activities. Species such as the North Atlantic right whale, Rice's whale and Vaquita porpoise have been pushed to the brink of extinction.

30/08/2023

Volunteers and conservationists hauled several thousand pounds of trash, mainly fishing gear, off Maine islands this the summer.

30/08/2023

Non-profit organization The Ocean Cleanup pulled the trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. It’s located between Hawaii and California and is thought to be double the size of Texas.

26/08/2023

A recent loss of Antarctic sea ice caused an “unprecedented” breeding failure for emperor penguin colonies.

19/04/2023

Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a 620,000 square mile swirl of trash in the ocean between California and Hawaii.

15/04/2023

11/02/2023

From soaring coastal redwoods to dinosaur-era Wollemi pines and firs that make the perfect Christmas trees, even our most revered woody plants are in an awful lot of trouble.

26/07/2022

At Primetime Buds dispensary in Tahlequah, medical cannabis patients used to turn in their spent, empty containers for a discount on their next purchase. A company would periodically pick up the boxes of used plastic pop-tops and haul them off to be recycled. But when the pickup company shut down, t...

20/05/2022

Georgia businesses turn to an old solution to help people combat climate change.

05/05/2022

www.therefillstationnh.com

Located in downtown Portsmouth, NH, The Refill Station is a low waster refill shop committed to reducing our plastic footprint by providing sustainable, eco-friendly household products to our Seacoast community and beyond.

27/04/2022

The ocean will thank you.

12/01/2022

This article is viral for a reason

27/12/2021

You’re a good man Charlie Brown 🙏❤️

19/12/2021

TikTok environmental activist “Trash Boy” is trying to pick up 500,000 pieces of trash. Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis has been known for picking up trash on the road for decades. What happens when you bring these two together for trash cleanup?

17/11/2021

The EPA says it’s working towards a "circular economy"

12/11/2021

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-giving-americans-money-to-recycle-bottles-and-cans-would-slow-climate-change-and-boost-the-economy/ar-AAQAW6p?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

A national deposit system with one set of rules for consumers and companies would increase recycling and help the environment.

10/11/2021

This article is viral for a reason

10/11/2021

How litter and trash have affected biodiversity in the Pacific Ocean.

09/11/2021

The used plastic bottles best known for clogging the world’s oceans are in surprisingly short supply as consumer brands compete to meet recycling targets.

23/10/2021

A new device built by the nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup brought back 64,000 pounds of plastic from the Pacific Ocean in two-and-a-half months.

30/09/2021

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24/09/2021

Open ocean cleanups won’t solve the marine plastics crisis. To really make a difference, here’s what we should do instead.

15/08/2021

Boomerang Water, based in Davidson, spent 7 years developing a closed-loop, sustainable bottled water manufacturing system that can be installed on-premise in any controlled environment. Now, they& #03

26/07/2021

Inventors at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign receive a $1.2 million prize for the sustainable food process.

16/07/2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-recycle-batteries_l_5d274fdbe4b07e698c46e7b0?ncid=engmodushpmg00000003&fbclid=IwAR0eVWK67QMPMHbeWrOlgBAdh2_YSWE-RklcmIPvpZB1wxtmczpzdg4_bvw

Yes, you should be recycling them.

06/06/2021

A British architecture practice has revealed plans to build a luxury floating island resort made from recovered ocean plastic at a remote location in the Indian Ocean.