Riding bikes is a great way to be more eco-friendly when you travel short distances but breathing in emissions from all the cars on the road is seriously bad for your health. Three students have come up with a brilliant solution for that with the invention of the Filter Bikes.
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Balloons are so lovely. Just lots of fun, they really brighten things up! But maybe it’s time to retire them because they’re killing seabirds. Balloons float away and end up in and near waterways where birds eat them and then die. It’s not a good thing. Maybe try some of these alternatives for your next party.
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Seaweed isn’t all idyllic ocean decoration. Some of it is nasty. That’s the case with Sargassum, a brown species of seaweed that looks like garbage and smells awful. Oh yeah,it’s currently got a super bloom that stretches across the Atlantic and its cause might be deforestation in Brazil.
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Getting a toy with your food was the height of childhood and kids still greatly enjoy it but the tons of little plastic toys are a problem from the environment. They’re ending up in waste disposal facilities around the world. Two girls have started a campaign to stop plastic toys from coming in kid’s meals.
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Plastic waste is a huge problem because we rely on the material for many, many things. Not just grocery bags and packaging either. Medical equipment, tech devices, inexpensive textiles, etc. The list is really endless. One day we may be able to dispose of plastic the same way we do food waste, with bacteria. Plastic eating bacteria isn’t here yet but it’s looking better and better for our future.
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When it comes to washing your car, you probably do it in your driveway or on the street. Car washes are for fancy washes! But it turns out that even though it might cost extra to pay for a wash, it’s better for the environment in more than one way.
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Textiles, specifically those made from animals or animal fibers in this case have a heavy toll on the environment. Cultivating these materials takes up a good deal of space and leads to a lot of manufacturing waste. Although the practice can be done with less waste on small scales, that’s not industry standard. Modern Meadow is the company that is taking on the textile industry by creating animal free products.
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The textile industry is responsible for a lot of pollution. It’s a huge problem and one that many people are trying to combat. DyeCoo is the company that looked at how to we color fabric and decided to go water free. Their process uses reclaimed Co2 and has virtually no waste.
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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.
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You’ve likely heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch but did you know that it was 1.6 million square kilometers and is actually one of five floating garbage patches? This is the only one that gets a lot of air time but the problem is larger than many people realize.
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Biodegradable plastic is a really interesting concept and a future that incorporates such products on a large scale is one that is exciting in a lot of ways. But as we learn more about the issue of plastics when it comes to sustainability, we need to realize that it’s not as easy as just replacing plastics with something else. This interesting Reddit thread outlines some of the hurdles.
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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.
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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.
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People generally know that plastic bags aren’t great for the environment but are you aware your cotton tote isn’t either? Sure it’s not going to end up in the ocean or sitting around a landfill forever and ever but it has some drawbacks as well. Which isn’t to say dump it, it’s just use it as much as you can before you replace it.
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When you think of shoes, you probably think of leather and or rubber. That and cloth is what they’re mostly made from. But they don’t have to be. One inventor has developed a recyclable sports shoe that’s made from plastic bottles and, of all things, seaweed.
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