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Replied to CelloMom On Cars
"First and foremost, the campaigners are calling for a reduction in the production of plastic.
“The single-use #plastics that we are being inundated with in our life everywhere, when we have other options, are basically Big Oil’s way of continuing to push for the expansion of the fossil fuel industry,” says Dr Singh."
Reminder: Plastics "Recycling" is a MYTH.
euronews · New investigation links Texas fracking to European plasticsMore than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals have been traced to fracking in the Permian Basin, one of the world’s ‘carbon bombs’.
St. Kitts and #Nevis is taking decisive action to combat plastic #pollution through a phased ban on single-use #plastics. https://www.winnmediaskn.com/skn-phased-ban-of-single-use-plastics-a-collaborative-approach-to-environmental-stewardship/
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Replied to Jungbaumbeauftragter_in_spe
Der letzte Eimer Schnipsel - mir fällt das UV-bröselige Zeug nicht mehrin den Nacken und auf den Boden/ in die Erde.
Nicht mehr solches Futter für unsere #Regenwürmer :
#PlasticPollution #fightagainstmicroplastics #Plastics #pollution to #microplastics
#plastisphere
Und im Boden wird es auch immer weniger! Selbst einzelne Fäden, die sonst in Vogelnestern landen werden, wenn sichtbar, entnommen. 08. Mai 2023 *
"Microplastics in sea turtle nests could cause a dangerous gender imbalance"
Mongabay Environmental News · Microplastics in sea turtle nests could cause a dangerous gender imbalanceScientists are finding microplastics everywhere they look for them. A new study finds these tiny plastic particles in sea turtle nests on a remote Malaysian island. Researchers warn that microplastics could alter nest temperatures, potentially skewing the sex ratio of incubating turtles that could further endanger species already facing significant challenges. Up to 1,700 green […]
"Chewing gum, whether natural or synthetic, contains plant-based or synthetic plastic polymers to enhance texture and flavor retention, making it a source of microplastics, explained the pilot study, which was presented at the spring meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Diego. And those microplastics can be ingested through saliva—with 94% released within the first eight minutes of chewing, they found."
https://fortune.com/well/2025/03/27/chewing-gum-microplastics-study/
Fortune · Chewing gum is shedding harmful microplastics into your saliva, study finds
"Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: Study"
#Coke #Plastic #Plastics #Environment
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-billion-pounds-coke-plastic-waterways.html
Phys.org · Over a billion pounds of Coke plastic waste to enter waterways: Study
New plastic dissolves in ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics https://newatlas.com/materials/plastic-dissolves-ocean-overnight-no-microplastics
New Atlas · New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplasticsPlastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds.
We are poisoning ourselves with #plastics & the #foreverChemicals
"Any amount of #microplastics and forever chemicals in water supplies is detrimental to human #health, though, as they have been connected to numerous conditions such as reproductive issues, birth defects, heart disease, and thyroid problems" #pollution #environment #fossilfuel
https://www.yahoo.com/news/researchers-gut-wrenching-discovery-studying-010000973.html
Yahoo News · Researchers make gut-wrenching discovery after studying rainwater around the world: 'We're not escaping that'
#DumpTheGuardian | Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
"Coca-Cola ranks as the world’s top branded plastic polluter, followed by PepsiCo, Nestlé, Danone and Altria, according to a 2024 study published in Science Advances."
"Plastic pollution cuts into fishers’ livelihoods in Ecuador and Peru"
Mongabay Environmental News · Plastic pollution cuts into fishers’ livelihoods in Ecuador and PeruPlastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water pumps get clogged with debris, and boats collide with bags of trash. Until recently, research on plastics in the oceans has focused on the impacts on biodiversity, but a group of scientists has now studied the economic […]
Replied to CelloMom On Cars
Gasoline use is down. Oil companies are looking to plastics to bail them out.
"Oil demand increased at a much slower pace than in previous years, falling below 30% of global energy consumption for the first time as more EVs hit the roads. Instead, the bulk of oil demand growth came from petrochemical feedstocks—the raw materials used to produce #plastics and some chemicals—which increased more than 12% over five years."
https://www.theenergymix.com/climate-change-contributes-to-surge-in-global-energy-demand-iea/
#IEA
Nerd question about the Port of Los Angeles: anyone have insight into what the contents of "recyclable plastics (293,218 TEUs)" imported in 2024 are? Is it nurdles? Is it just consumer goods made of plastic that are being labeled recyclable? ??
"First evidence of microplastic buildup in bird lungs found in new study"
The Guardian · First evidence of microplastic buildup in bird lungs found in new study
"Race to clean up billions of plastic 'nurdles' that washed up in UK after tanker crash"
Sky · Race to clean up billions of plastic 'nurdles' that washed up in UK after tanker crash