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A Coastal Restaurant Approach To Reduce Single-Use Takeout Containers Is Working

September 17, 2024 admin climate change, green economy, HEALTH, Plastic, plastic pollution, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 00:03:26 +0000

When you arrive at a restaurant, you’re ravenous, and you order more food than you can eat. Inevitably, you need a takeout container to transport the leftovers home. Most people accept takeout food in single-use containers, and data shows that most diners are aware of the waste issues associated with … [continued]

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Earth Day 2024: The Climate Crisis & Why We Fight

April 22, 2024 admin cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, climate change, climate crisis, climate solutions, disney, Earth Day, Plastic, plastic pollution, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:04:08 +0000

In an echo of the World War II documentary series “Why We Fight,” Disney aims its storytelling firepower on the climate crisis.

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The Ocean Plastic Pollution Battle Has Just Begun

March 21, 2024 admin Activists, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, disney, environmental activism, Fossil Fuels, INTERVIEWS, National Geographic, nature, nature photography, ocean plastic, ocean pollution, oceans, offshore oil drilling, Plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, recycling, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:25:18 +0000

After decades of foot-dragging by petrochemical stakeholders, solutions to the ocean plastic pollution crisis are beginning to emerge.

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From Instant Grits to Polymers: Scientist Kat Knauer Is Laser Focused on Plastics Pollution

March 13, 2024 admin national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), nrel, Plastic, plastic pollution, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:56:35 +0000

Polymer Scientist Applies Scientific Method To Solve Greatest Environmental Challenges While Making Lives Better Kat Knauer enjoyed science classes as a young girl but her understanding that science could be used as an instrument for good was solidified when a beloved family member grew ill. Her childhood dog, Penny, was … [continued]

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Solar Power To Propel Small But Mighty Water-Cleaning Robot

December 24, 2022 admin agfunder, agrivoltaics, aigen, clean power, erthos, global founders capital, la plata national university, Mars, nasa, nea, plastic pollution, regen ventures, regenerative agriculture, robotics, robots, Solar energy, solar panels, Solar power, Water

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2022 15:53:29 +0000

Solar power is sending robots off to duty on harbor clean-up and other environmental chores.

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Ocean Plastic Pollution Or Not, The Show Must Go On

September 7, 2022 admin bertie gregory, fishing gear, fishing industry, ghost gear, great pacific garbage patch, green economy, INTERVIEWS, micro plastic, micro plastic pollution, ocean conservancy, ocean plastic, plastic pollution, policy & politics, research, Waste management, waste reduction, Water

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:11:53 +0000

Underwater explorers encounter ghost gear and other ocean plastic pollution, but solutions are coming.

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Sharkfest 2022 Is Here & So Is Ocean Plastic Recycling

July 15, 2022 admin 4g recycling, ae global, Bahamas, circular economy, disney, Florida, florida international university, green economy, hammerhead, INTERVIEWS, Media, microplastics, National Geographic, ocean plastic, ocean recovery group, oceans, plastic pollution, plastic waste, policy & politics, sharkfest, Sharks, solida waste management, usa, Water, zero plastic oceans

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2022 18:35:37 +0000

It’s always a good time to talk about the ocean plastic problem, especially when the biggest-ever Sharkfest series is unspooling on Disney+ and National Geographic channels this week.

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Tech’s Problem With Plastics — Plus Solutions Tech Can Offer

June 1, 2022 admin climate change, Fossil Fuels, Manufacturing, plastic pollution, plastics, recycling, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 15:50:22 +0000

Are we kidding ourselves when we think that recycling is enough of a solution to the global plastics pollution problem?

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NREL Calculates Lost Value of Landfilled Plastic in U.S.A.

May 4, 2022 admin Fossil Fuels, Oil, Plastic, plastic pollution, pollution, research, SCIENCE

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Wed, 04 May 2022 23:51:37 +0000

With mountains of plastic waste piling up in landfills and scientists estimating that there will be more plastics by weight than fish in the ocean by 2050, the growing environmental challenge presented to the world by plastics is well understood. What is less well understood by the scientific community is the lost energy opportunity. In […]

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The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

March 3, 2022 admin climate change, environment, news, Paris Agreement, Plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, pollution, UN, United Nations, world climate, worldnews

Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT

About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.

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