by faster | Oct 16, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: October 16, 2020 SNIP: A study in California has laid bare the staggering scale of pollution from plastic microfibers in synthetic clothing – one of the most widespread, yet largely invisible, forms of plastic waste. The report, whose...
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 28, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: Seattle Times DATE: August 28, 2020 SNIP: In black waves, drifts and bands, crumbs of rubber [Ed Note: actually, plastic] are polluting miles of the Puyallup River after a spill at a dam project last month. Rubber [plastic] debris already is likely more than...
by faster | Aug 11, 2020 | Blog
SOURCE: DeSmog Blog (I do not consider this source trustworthy, but the pics of the plastic are important to show.) DATE: August 11, 2020 SNIP: When I arrived on Sunday, August 9, scores of tiny plastic pellets lined the sandy bank of the Mississippi River downstream...
