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Will We Finally Get Serious About Saying No to Plastic?

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Will 2014 be the year we finally get serious about, “Saying NO to Plastics”?

Forget the hokum about global warming. Plastic pollution can be seen everywhere. This problem is here now not some place in the distant future.

The vast amount of plastic trash that enters the oceans is a real problem, a problem that grows ever omnipresent on a hourly basis. Continue reading Will We Finally Get Serious About Saying No to Plastic?→

The U.S. dumping its electronic waste on poor countries

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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→

SHOCKING VIDEO… OUR LEGACY OF PLASTIC TRASH & THE DESTRUCTION OF THE OCEANS & OUR ENVIRONMENT

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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→

EMBARASSED RETAILERS WILL STOP THE PRACTICE OF DESTROYING GOODS THEY CANNOT SELL

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Last week, if you missed the story, the New York Times did a story on clothing retailer, H&M. It seems that they have been tossing out and destroying perfectly good clothes that they could not sell; cutting the fingers off of gloves, putting knives and scissors to shirts, jackets, etc. Continue reading EMBARASSED RETAILERS WILL STOP THE PRACTICE OF DESTROYING GOODS THEY CANNOT SELL→