The “Mercury News” (San Jose, Calif.) reports the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between the US and Japan, consists of two concentrations of mostly plastic garbage, which does not biodegrade, caught in swirling ocean gyres. The Inter-Agency Task Force on Marine Debris in Honolulu and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration are looking to stop […]
“The Wall Street Journal” reports new businesses for “greenraising” are emerging to help school fund-raisers “go green”. “Greenraising” companies are producing products that range from recycled gift-wrap paper to reusable water bottles, including stainless-steel water bottles, which have reportedly become popular in light of the recent outcry against bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical commonly […]
The “Pocono Record” recently posted a slideshow about the “dangers of plastic bags” that provides facts about how many plastic bags are recycled versus end up in landfills, the costs of recycling plastic bags, the amount of plastic debris in our oceans, and what people can do to stop plastic bags from entering the landfill […]
WIS TV (Columbia, S.C.) reports Columbia, South Carolina, and other cities in the state might phase out bottled water in city buildings in an effort to help the environment. Link to Full Article
“The Detroit News” reports municipal leaders in southeastern Michigan and across the country are aiming to wean residents off bottled water due to environmental and energy use concerns, but millions of people are reportedly not ready to give it up because of it is allegedly “convenient” and “easy”. Link to Full Article
“CQ Weekly” reports House aides are looking into replacing the bottled water of companies such as Coke and Pepsi with water packaged in biodegradable containers as part of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s campaign to “green the Capitol”. Executives at the Coca Cola Company have reportedly responded to the campaign, saying that compostable water bottles […]
According to “TIME,” consumers are concerned about chemicals leaching out of some common types of plastic and the potential harmful effects on the human body as well as what the plastic garbage is doing to the environment. The U.S. reportedly produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005, 27 million tons of which […]
The “Salisbury Daily Times” reports environmentally friendly baby shops for green parents and babies have a growing consumer base. Hot ticket “green” baby items include bottles free of the chemical bisphenol A (BPA), baby carriers, natural and organic toys, organic baby/toddler clothing, organic body care for baby and mother, cloth diapers, and breastfeeding accessories. Link […]
Boston’s WBC TV reports there is an alarming amount of trash in the ocean, most of which is plastic. Nearly 60 to 80 percent of all the marine litter that you find in the ocean is reportedly plastic, which is often ingested by wildlife and often have deadly results. According to marine chemist Chris […]
According to the “L.A. Times,” there is currently 100 million tons of plastic flotsam floating in the world’s oceans and another 60 billion tons of plastics will reportedly be produced this year alone. One thousand miles off the California coast, in an area known as the central North Pacific gyre, the buildup of plastics […]