This past January Berkeley California passed groundbreaking legislation that seeks to reduce the use of single use plastic and non-biodegradable foodware. After a dozen speakers this law was unanimously approved. Councilwoman Sophie Hahn and Mayor Jesse Arreguín described their new law as “the …
Archives for July 2019
It’s Literally Raining Plastic.
In an almost untouched remote catchment in the Pyrenees of southern France, A research team has shown an alarming amount of microplastics being deposited by the atmosphere. Deonie Allen and colleagues from EcoLab in the School of Agricultural and Life Sciences in Toulouse, have recorded daily rates …
Rethinking the value of Plastic waste
In a study by The World Economic Forum, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and McKinsey and Company, it was found a full 32% of the 78 tons of plastic packaging produced in one year finds its way into earths oceans. This is the equivalent of dumping one garbage truck of plastic into the ocean every …
