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Plastic foodware has become a mainstay in school cafeterias, but one Massachusetts school district is reaping the rewards of going plastic-free. Bedford Public Schools replaced more than 260,000 single-use foam trays with ones made of reusable stainless steel, eliminating close to three tons of waste while saving the district nearly...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El plástico, originalmente aclamado por su longevidad y propiedades higiénicas de un solo uso, es uno de los campos de batalla más nuevos para los ambientalistas y los gobiernos del mundo. Aunque existen prohibiciones de algunas formas de plástico en más de 60...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic, originally hailed for its longevity and hygienic single-use properties, is one of the newest battlegrounds for environmentalists and world governments. Though bans of some forms of plastic exist in more than 60 countries around the world, a global ban has proven to...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Yes! It is true that you shouldn’t recycle plastic bottle caps that are less than three inches in diameter; in fact, you shouldn’t recycle anything that is less than three inches in diameter. Why is this? During the recycling process, plastics are sorted,...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug EarthTalk Desde hace mucho tiempo, los seres humanos han tenido como objetivo maximizar la eficiencia y la comodidad en la vida cotidiana. El plástico ha impulsado el crecimiento del mundo posindustrial actual: Desde la conservación de alimentos y la producción textil hasta la construcción y...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug EarthTalk Humans have long aimed to maximize efficiency and convenience in everyday life. Plastic has fueled the growth of today’s post-industrial world: From food preservation and textile production to construction and machinery, plastic has made elements of everyday life more convenient. Consequently, the planet is...
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Most individuals today will accept the conclusion by meteorology’s weather projections. They all include some degree of Global Climate Change. Just this morning, National Public Radio (NPR) commentator stated that this past July 2019 was the warmest July month since weather records began being recorded. The increase was seven...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Biodegradable plastic is defined as any form of plastic that can break down into its constituent components in the environment within days, weeks or months without leaving behind potentially toxic residue. The term bioplastic refers to any form of plastic derived from organic...
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Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk We’re all familiar with the issue of non-biodegradable plastic debris (shopping bags, soda bottles, fishing nets etc.) clogging up our waterways and making its way out to sea—sometimes accumulating in huge “gyres.” But what you might not realize is that even if you...
Plastic foodware has become a mainstay in school cafeterias, but one Massachusetts school district is reaping the rewards of going plastic-free. Bedford Public Schools replaced more than 260,000 single-use foam trays with ones made of reusable stainless steel, eliminating close to three tons of waste while saving the district nearly...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk El plástico, originalmente aclamado por su longevidad y propiedades higiénicas de un solo uso, es uno de los campos de batalla más nuevos para los ambientalistas y los gobiernos del mundo. Aunque existen prohibiciones de algunas formas de plástico en más de 60...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Plastic, originally hailed for its longevity and hygienic single-use properties, is one of the newest battlegrounds for environmentalists and world governments. Though bans of some forms of plastic exist in more than 60 countries around the world, a global ban has proven to...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Yes! It is true that you shouldn’t recycle plastic bottle caps that are less than three inches in diameter; in fact, you shouldn’t recycle anything that is less than three inches in diameter. Why is this? During the recycling process, plastics are sorted,...
Roddy Scheer & Doug EarthTalk Desde hace mucho tiempo, los seres humanos han tenido como objetivo maximizar la eficiencia y la comodidad en la vida cotidiana. El plástico ha impulsado el crecimiento del mundo posindustrial actual: Desde la conservación de alimentos y la producción textil hasta la construcción y...
Most individuals today will accept the conclusion by meteorology’s weather projections. They all include some degree of Global Climate Change. Just this morning, National Public Radio (NPR) commentator stated that this past July 2019 was the warmest July month since weather records began being recorded. The increase was seven...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Biodegradable plastic is defined as any form of plastic that can break down into its constituent components in the environment within days, weeks or months without leaving behind potentially toxic residue. The term bioplastic refers to any form of plastic derived from organic...
Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk We’re all familiar with the issue of non-biodegradable plastic debris (shopping bags, soda bottles, fishing nets etc.) clogging up our waterways and making its way out to sea—sometimes accumulating in huge “gyres.” But what you might not realize is that even if you...