To help save our planet Earth and clean his home from plastic pollution, this young man from Cameroon came up with the idea to use plastic bottles and transform them into canoes, known as EcoBoats. The young man, Ismael Essome Ebone, was motivated to work on these boats after he […]
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Your Plastic Toothbrush Is Causing more Harm than You may Think
If you’re like most people, you’re probably using a plastic toothbrush, right? And, a lot of you have never even thought about what happens to a plastic toothbrush when you ditch it in the trash and replace it with a brand new, again, a plastic one. With plastic waste becoming […]
High School Students Help the Homeless by Transforming Plastic Bags into Blankets
An amazing group of high school students is helping the homeless and the environment by recycling plastic bags and making blankets from them. How amazing is this? Shelby Tillema is a senior at Lakewood High School and she formed a club where the students don’t just help the homeless, but […]
Biodegradable Coffee Cups Embedded with Seeds Grow into Trees when Discarded
Reduce. Reuse. Grow is a company from California which has launched biodegradable coffee cups that has seeds in it in order for it to be replanted after use and grow into a tree. Each of the cups has native seeds from the area where it will be available. The project […]
Italian Bars Are Using Pasta Straws Called Stroodles instead of Plastic Ones
In the world of plastic waste, air pollution, and climate change, Italians are putting in a lot of effort to contribute in the fight against overuse of plastic. Namely, some bars in Italia have kicked out plastic straws from use and are giving their customers noodles to drink their beverages. […]
Milkmen Return as Millennials Bid to Cut Plastic Waste
Milkmen and milkwomen are coming back in London after millenials started using glass milk bottles in the effort to reduce plastic waste. Younger customers, amidst the growing concerns over the immense plastic waste and the problems it’s been causing, are looking for glass bottles of milk rather than plastic ones. […]
Shocking: Body of Dead Sperm Whale Full of Plastic Cups, Bottles, Bags & Flip Flops
A dead sperm whale was washed ashore in eastern Indonesia and its insides were full of plastic trash, including numerous plastic bags, drinking cups, plastic bottles, two flip flops, and a bag with more than thousands of string pieces. The total weight of the plastic contents was 13.2 pounds! The […]
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 […]
Wake Up Images of How We’re Destroying Our Environment
Without doubt, as humans, we have a major impact on our planet and our environment. But, even in the midst of mounting data of how we’re harming our earth, most people remain indifferent to the changes happening around them and don’t do anything to minimize their negative influence. With this […]
‘Sea of Plastic’ Found in the Caribbean Is Choking Wildlife
A photographer caught the disastrous damage being inflicted to our oceans from piles of plastic and Styrofoam near a Caribbean island. This sea of plastic proves the realness of the problem with plastic pollution, experts indicate. Caroline Power, who specializes in underwater photography, dedicated her career to increase awareness about […]