Plastic is a huge problem. Wouldn’t it be handy if something could just eat it all up? Well, turns out there’s a very small worm that does. The waxworm is a very unassuming larvae that can make its meals from our plastic waste.
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LEGO Replay – donate old LEGOs, ship them for free
Part of reducing waste is reusing what you can but not everything in your house is useful forever. That doesn’t mean it won’t bring joy to others. In that vein LEGO has made it easy to unload your old brick sets so that other children can play with them through the LEGO Replay website.
Read MoreRecycling Isn’t The Answer – plastic waste is ending up in landfills anyway
This is a message for the North American readers out there: Recycling will not solve our plastic problem. This seems like a strong statement but it’s true. Most of what you think you’re recycling just ends up in a landfill somewhere else and that’s . . not helping anything.
Read MorePlastic Found at the Bottom of Ocean – plastic waste has made it’s way to the depths of the oceans
Plastic floats. That’s how it travels so far and wide in our oceans which is really shame because it’s so terrible for them. But that doesn’t mean that it all stays on the top. Plastic waste has been found in the deep trenches of the oceans which is bad news.
Read MoreSolutum – this isn’t plastic but it sure looks like it!
Plastic is a huge problem. We use so much of it! And it sticks around forever. In landfills, blowing through the nature and into our waterways. Wouldn’t it be great if it could just. . . dissolve? Well that’s what Solutum has claimed to develop, a plastic that dissolves, safely, in water.
Read MoreOcean Plastic – it’s been out there since the 60s
Plastic in the ocean has been a popular topic for the past few years, probably most famously around the Pacific Garbage patch but the issue of plastic straws and bags hasn’t escaped notice either. This isn’t a new issue though, turns out we’ve been tossing trash in the ocean since the sixties.
Read MorePlastic Searching Satellites – in the future, we might spot trash from space
We’ve been using satellites for a lot of things, including monitoring things here on the surface. Can they be used to help track plastic and assist in clean up efforts though? The answer is yes! But it’s sort of difficult.
Read MoreAvani – the company that makes biodegradable “plastic” products
Anything we make out of plastic, we can probably use another product that doesn’t sit in a landfill forever and forever after it’s no longer any good. Still, there are times we need to use and toss for whatever reasons. Avani is the company that is filling the need for disposables that won’t destroy the planet.
Read MoreHow Much Plastic Waste Is There – graphic lays out how big the problem is
How much plastic is there in landfills? Is it really that big of problem? Well the short answer is, yes. This awesome graphic from the Royal Statistical Society drops some quick facts about the state of plastic in the world and shows why, more than ever, we need to be moving towards less plastic use rather than counting on recycling to save us.
Read MoreCigarette Butts Cause Pollution – plastic filters are not great for the environment
Smoking is bad for your health but it’s also not great for the environment either. This has nothing to do with actual toxins from the smoke and everything to do with the product itself. Not the whole thing, mostly just the plastic filters. These little bits of waste go on to cause a good deal of pollution.
Read MoreCredit Card Waste – plastic cards are a hidden waste in our world
What do you do with your old credit cards? How about gift cards? Most people end up chopping credit cards to little bits and gift cards, once empty, just go in the trash. But is that really the best place for that plastic? Turns out that our debit, credit, and gift cards aren’t recyclable and that’s not good for the long term.
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