Green Toys is a company that makes their toys from recycled plastic! They mainly use plastic milk jugs and have already recycled 56 million of these jugs! They are doing this in order to make use of all the plastic that has been used in the world but will still take 5000 years to decompose. … Continue reading Green Toys Is Saving the World!
Petition Update: 4/16/19
One month ago, we decided to start a petition. We wanted to increase the price of plastics bags in major supermarkets in New York. In doing so, we would be able to reduce the amount of plastic bags uses on a daily for trips. Plastic bags are a large portion of plastic waste that can … Continue reading Petition Update: 4/16/19
Package Free Store in Brooklyn
For those of you who live in New York City, Lauren Singer, a person who decided to go zero-waste 3 years ago opened up a store called "Package Free", the name of the store essentially explains the whole concept of what they sell. All their products are waste and package free. They sell everything, from … Continue reading Package Free Store in Brooklyn
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic in the world. It measures 1.6 millions square kilometers and contains 8 trillion pieces of plastic. It weights approximately 80,000 tons. "The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Explained" explains how 92% of the pollution is made up of larger objects that are destined to … Continue reading The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Plastic Pollution is a Real Problem—and It Won’t Be Solved by Straw Bans
The presence of plastic in our oceans has been a growing problem for decades. But only in recent years has it found its way into the public consciousness. In one well-publicized case last year, scientists in Spain discovered the washed-up body of a sperm whale that contained 29 kilos of plastic—a grim intestinal haul that included … Continue reading Plastic Pollution is a Real Problem—and It Won’t Be Solved by Straw Bans
PlAsTic StAtIsTiCs
^^nationalgeographic Half the plastic used in a year is only used once40% of plastic is used for production^^^57% were for the packaging of water The U.S made more than 100 billion plastic bottles last year!Of all the plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean 80% of it is from landIt is estimated that 1 million seabirds … Continue reading PlAsTic StAtIsTiCs
Bees Are Adapting to Our Trash
The Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve has recently discovered that bees are collecting our trash to build their nests. I believe that this is just a horrible thing to have to happen to such organisms that provide us with pollinating flowers to grow and keep our ecosystem in a friendly and healthy way. In addition, the … Continue reading Bees Are Adapting to Our Trash
5 ways to waste less in the kitchen
Avoid prepackaged foods and opt for loose produce instead! The loose produce is most likely fresher, and therefore, much better for you! Did you know most apples that come in plastic packages were picked at least 6 months ago? Do you really want to eat a 6 month old apple? And even if you do … Continue reading 5 ways to waste less in the kitchen
Need To Knows About Plastic
Plastic bags are not recyclable! (another reason as to why you should always use recyclable bags.Plastic can disrupt hormone changes and carcinogens! (with the excess amounts of plastic being found in animals we are actually consuming bits of plastic which will affect our health).Plastic is made from crude oil! (crude oil is a fossil fuel, … Continue reading Need To Knows About Plastic
Thinking about Plastic
In a blog post titled "Thinking about plastic...," the writer mpshawn2 provides many important details about the usefulness of plastic. Plastic is commonly used as a tool to enclose useful things, such as, items that are bought from specialty stores or supermarkets. There is a great tragedy here though, usually the items that are contained … Continue reading Thinking about Plastic
Plastic Pollution Sucks 