In order to reduce the usage of plastic straws, last year, Starbucks launched their sippy cups. The coffee chain also announced that they plan on removing plastic straws from their stores by the year of 2020. They aren’t just making straws from alternative materials, but cups with an innovative lid […]
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Report Shows: The Average Individual Swallows a Plastic Equivalent of a Credit Card Weekly
Unfortunately, new findings acquired by a WWF report show that the average individual consumes 5 grams of plastic on a weekly basis or the equivalent of a credit card. The researchers point out that people consume up to 102,000 pieces of plastic that are smaller than one millimeter which is […]
Irish Teenager Wins Google Science Award for Removing Microplastics From Oceans
Beautiful news: an 18-year-old boy from Ireland received the 2019 Google Science Fair award for his development of a method that helps remove microplastics from water. His project was based on a useful methodology for the removal of plastics from the oceans that’s based on magnets. During his research, he […]
The Biggest Ocean Cleanup In The World Has Officially Begun
Unfortunately, every year, more than 12 million tonnes of plastics goes into our oceans and damages sea life and the entire ecosystem. Estimates shown that in the Pacific Ocean alone, there are around 80,000 tonnes of plastic which is mostly concentrated in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch- a big “island” […]