Plastic Pollution

The impact plastic is having on our environment
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Plastic Bank | 7 Billion Plastic Bottles Gathered by Hand
Plastic Bank: Harvesting Waste Plastic to Reduce Poverty Through 3D Re-purpose Center for Social Plastic & Ocean Bound Plastic
Posters For GOOD
How Plastic Bags Are Killing Our #Planet Over 1 trillion #plastic bags are produced every year—and every single one of those bags will take an estimated 1,000 years to degrade. At that cost, is the convenience of using plastic bags really worth it? - Posters For GOOD
Our oceans are turning into a plastic soup. 5 Gyres Institute is a nonprofit with a mission to conduct research and communicate about the global impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans and employ strategies to eliminate the accumulation of plastic pollution in the 5 subtropical gyres.
Vimeo
Think Beyond Plastic is an innovation competition for entrepreneurs working on solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. #RethinkPlastics
Oceans of pollution
Oceans of pollution - Scientists and experts are alarmed at amount of plastic debris and growing 'dead zones' in the world's oceans - Plastic pollution in the oceans has risen alarmingly over the past four decades [EPA]
Plastic Seduction
Plastic is a material that the Earth cannot digest. Plastic pollution is growing at an alarming rate, and plastic debris is accumulating fast in all communities, rivers, in the desert and in the ocean. Disposable plastics are the greatest source of plastic pollution.