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
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
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
Kenya, one of the major sites of plastic production have created a law that will arrest, or fine someone with up to 40,000 dollars for the use of a plastic. In Kenya cows for eating have been found to have as many as 20 plastic bags hidden in their bodies. This stems from the fact … Continue reading Kenya’s Ban Against Plastic!!
Plastic Pollution Sucks 