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Our thoughtless use and disposal of plastic is helping us kill every form of life. Fish, sharks, whales, dolphins, porpoise, pelicans, seagulls, etc.; the reefs that support so many forms of life . . . all are negatively impacted by our (unintentional) thoughtlessness.
If the oceans are to survive it begins with YOU! Remember it’s not just a plastic bag. Continue reading HOW BIG IS YOUR PLASTIC FOOTPRINT?
The amount of e-waste that is generated by the U.S. every year is simply staggering. The U.S. is the world’s top producer of e-waste. According Popular Mechanics we produce 2.25 million tons of used electronics every year and recycle on 18% of our tech toys. Continue reading The U.S. dumping its electronic waste on poor countries
According to a recent article in National Geographic News, 44 percent of all seabirds eat plastic, apparently by mistake, sometimes with fatal effects. And 267 marine species are affected by plastic garbage—animals are known to swallow plastic bags, which resemble jellyfish in mid-ocean, for example—according to a 2008 study in the journal Environmental Research by oceanographer and chemist Charles Moore, of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. Continue reading Death by Plastic Bags & Bottles
It’s time for the US to get serious about banning or (at the very least) addressing the environmental damage caused by the ubiquitous single use plastic.
It is ironic that for a country that has led the world in so many environmental issues that we have such a shameful record of ignoring this hazard … all in the name of convenience, of course!
How’s this for a statistic?Plastic constitutes a whopping 90 percent of all trash floating in the oceans, and that represents as much as 80 percent of all plastic waste on earth! Continue reading CALIFORNIA BANS THE PLASTIC BAG
The AP is reporting exceedingly high levels of deadly heavy metals and toxins in the bloodstreams of whales. Roger Payne, the American scientist who headed the research with the Ocean Alliance, has been studying whales for decades. Continue reading Toxic Shocker … Extremely High Toxin Levels found in Whales on Global Level
It remains incomprehensible to me how ANYONE who talks about saving the environment and the oceans can continue to use single use plastic bags, products, and bottles. Less than a minute into the video, pause it for a moment and take a good look at the contents inside the stomach of that bird. Continue reading SHOCKING VIDEO… OUR LEGACY OF PLASTIC TRASH & THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OCEANS & OUR ENVIRONMENT
I’m betting you already know about death and taxes, but not so much about dog poop! Well, here’s a real eye opener for you. According to the Association of Animal Waste Specialists: Continue reading DEATH, TAXES, & DOG POOP … 3 THINGS WE CAN BE ASSURED OF!