by faster | Sep 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: OPB DATE: September 11, 2020 SNIP: Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its landfill watching an avalanche of plastic trash pour out of a semitrailer: containers, bags, packaging, strawberry...
by faster | Aug 30, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The New York Times DATE: August 30, 2020 SNIP: Confronting a climate crisis that threatens the fossil fuel industry, oil companies are racing to make more plastic. But they face two problems: Many markets are already awash with plastic, and few countries are...
by faster | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: August 6, 2020 SNIP: Where do old boats go to die? The cynical answer is they are put on eBay for a few pennies in the hope they become some other ignorant dreamer’s problem. As a marine biologist, I am increasingly aware that the casual...
by faster | Jun 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 11, 2020 SNIP: Microplastic particles equivalent to as many as 300m plastic water bottles are raining down on the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree and other US national parks, researchers have found. In a survey of 11 remote western locations,...
by faster | Jun 8, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: June 8, 2020 SNIP: Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean pollution – adding to a glut of plastic waste that already threatens marine life – after finding disposable masks floating like...
