Plastic Earth, plastic life.
The US alone disposes of 120 billion coffee cups per year, but what happens to the coffee grounds? Kaffeform is a coffee shop in Berlin that makes all of their coffee cups, yes AND the to-go cups, out of reused coffee grounds and biodegradable biopolymers that their team of cyclists collect from other coffee shops … Continue reading Kaffeeform, a Plastic Free Coffee Shop in Berlin
Thread is a company that takes plastic water bottles from the streets of the poorest countries and turns them into fabric. They even employ people in those countries to collect bottles for them, which for many, gives them enough money to afford to live and support their family. Now, you may be asking, how is … Continue reading This company makes reusable bags out of plastic
Howdy guys! This week I wrote a Youth Voices Post on how this project has affected how I see plastic pollution and how I hope that I have reached at least ONE person and gotten them to change the way they see plastic. This project has allowed me a lot of self realization that even … Continue reading Youth Voices Post
“Plastic Pollution Sucks” ‘s goal was to ban plastic bags in New York. We also wanted to make people more aware of the fact that the Earth is dying and how they can help save it. We wanted to make sure that everyone knew about our cause and want to help save mother Earth. Our … Continue reading Plastic Pollution SUCKS
As you may know, plastic decomposes into small microplastics that are harmful to the environment, although, this plastic is made from lobster shells and decomposes into natural products. It is completely non-toxic and is made from discarded lobster shells https://youtu.be/wBSzxQLQSpI Watch this video to find out more! -Mansha
Hey Guys! Today in tech class I made my first Youth Voices in two years in order to try to share my youtube video and stances on climate change and plastic pollution with many other schools! On Youth Voices there are over twenty active schools that share ideas with each other through tags and comments. … Continue reading Youth Voices Post!
alrighty, today i'm going to talk about climate change!!! i know this is not about plastic pollution but it is just another thing that is going to affect the health of our enviornment in the future. Sea levels are continously rising and soon they will rise and flood our cities and coastal areas. If this … Continue reading Climate Change Part 1.
Hey Guys, so in our tech class we were taught how to make presentations and utilize them in order to spread the problems surrounding our topics as a way to try to make a change. I made my presentation about the effects of plastic pollution and how it is created! https://youtu.be/HSJZA-IF2Uw This Video was important … Continue reading
PELA phone cases are compostable phone cases, they could take 2 to 3 years to decompose into natural substances that are good for the environment, but that is nothing compared to the hundreds to thousands of years that it takes for plastic to decompose into harmful microplastics. They're around $35 to $45, there are many … Continue reading Compostable Phone Cases
PRESERVE is a company founded by Eric Hudson and his father, Fred Hudson. As a child Eric Hudson loved nature, but after recycling for so many years he noticed a trend in where most recycled plastic went. He found that many companies did not do anything to reuse or upcycle the plastic. In 1996 he … Continue reading PRESERVE
Plastic Pollution Sucks 