"A dump truck’s worth of plastic enters our oceans every minute and as with climate change, we’re running out of time to solve the plastics problem. If we delay action by just five years, an additional 80 million metric tons of plastic will _...Read More_
"A dump truck’s worth of plastic enters our oceans every minute and as with climate change, we’re running out of time to solve the plastics problem. If we delay action by just five years, an additional 80 million metric tons of plastic will _...Read More_
This is an interesting piece but I don't think that historically, gleaning involved "harvesting surplus crops to redistribute to those in need" so much as actually *being done* by people in need, after the good stuff had gone, to have _...Read More_
This is an interesting piece but I don't think that historically, gleaning involved "harvesting surplus crops to redistribute to those in need" so much as actually *being done* by people in need, after the good stuff had gone, to have _...Read More_
>"Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new _...Read More_
>"Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new _...Read More_
Unless I missed something, there wasn't much on "how to stop" beyond "we need to have a conversation". That's not good enough.
2 years into this 'crisis' and still there's no proper debate on weighing up the risks and rewards of masks. _...Read More_
Unless I missed something, there wasn't much on "how to stop" beyond "we need to have a conversation". That's not good enough.
2 years into this 'crisis' and still there's no proper debate on weighing up the risks and rewards of masks. _...Read More_
Fanatic in-depth reporting on wastewater ocean impacts by [@Sean_Mow](/user/profile/Sean_Mow) for [@Mongabay](/user/profile/Mongabay) that highlights [@nceas](/user/profile/nceas) recent global wastewater model
Article goes beyond "poop and pee", detailing how the many wastewater pollutants impact our oceans.
Fanatic in-depth reporting on wastewater ocean impacts by [@Sean_Mow](/user/profile/Sean_Mow) for [@Mongabay](/user/profile/Mongabay) that highlights [@nceas](/user/profile/nceas) recent global wastewater model
Article goes beyond "poop and pee", detailing how the many wastewater pollutants impact our oceans.
Waste is not merely a byproduct of culture: it is culture. We have produced a culture of waste. To focus our gaze on waste is not an act of morbid negativity; it is an act of cultural realism.
Waste is not merely a byproduct of culture: it is culture. We have produced a culture of waste. To focus our gaze on waste is not an act of morbid negativity; it is an act of cultural realism.
>"Statewide legislation has led to a big rise in food donation and composting. But the trickiest part of the equation—separating food from its _...Read More_
>"Statewide legislation has led to a big rise in food donation and composting. But the trickiest part of the equation—separating food from its _...Read More_
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/30/uk-waste-firm-fined-15m-for-exporting-household-waste](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/30/uk-waste-firm-fined-15m-for-exporting-household-waste) .
"Biffa convicted of exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia in breach of ban"
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/30/uk-waste-firm-fined-15m-for-exporting-household-waste](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/30/uk-waste-firm-fined-15m-for-exporting-household-waste) .
"Biffa convicted of exporting filthy rubbish marked as waste paper for recycling in India and Indonesia in breach of ban"