(17) Thailand is the world’s biggest e-waste dumping ground.
China used to be one of the world’s premier dumping grounds for electronic waste, but that ended last year when the government banned such imports—yes, there are valuable materials that can be recovered from old computers and phones, but there’s a lot of poisonous stuff in there too, and people involved in the recycling industry […]
(16) By 2050, the oceans could have more plastic than fish
Already, the ocean is filled with about 165 million tons of plastic. That’s 25 times heavier than the Great Pyramid of Giza. By 2050, plastic in the oceans will outweigh fish, predicts a report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in partnership with the World Economic Forum. Credit: Science Nature Page
(15) Less Than 1% Of Sweden’s Trash Ends Up In Landfills.
Sweden is exceptionally good at recycling and putting garbage to use. More than 50% of the country’s energy is generated from renewable and only 1% of Swedish household waste ends up in landfills. 20% of the energy for Sweden’s district heating systems are generated by garbage incinerators. Credit: Seeker+Sci
(14) Things You Never Knew You Could Recycle
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(13) Recycling Styrofoam : The Project Of The Young Inventor
“Recycling Styrofoam is too expensive and potentially contaminated, but what if we could keep using Styrofoam and keep benefiting from its cheap, lightweight, insulating and excellent packing ability, without damaging the environment? “I and my team have thought of using the carbon that’s already in polystyrene to create activated carbon, which is used in almost […]
(12) The 10 Most Polluted Rivers in the World.
The solution to pollution is dilution. This has been the mantra of people who would like to think water pollution can be avoided simply by adding enough water to the muck. The trouble is, there are too many people and too many factories in the world and not enough fresh water. In fact, one of […]
(11) Pollution turns India’s white marble Taj Mahal yellow and green
One of the seven Wonders of the World, the Taj Mahal flanks a garbage-strewn river and is often enveloped by dust and smog from belching smokestacks and vehicles in the northern city of Agra. Tiny insects from the drying Yamuna River into which the city pours its sewage crawl into the Taj Mahal, their excrement […]
(10) 1 Whale Died Of Starvation After Eating 80 Plastic Bags Off Thailand’s Coast.
A pilot whale died in southern Thailand after eating 80 plastic bags weighing 17 pounds. The whale died after marine conservationists spent five days struggling to save the whale. The pilot whale was discovered last Monday in a canal near Songkhla, a city in southern Thailand. Soon after, the Marine and Coastal Resources Department (MCRD) […]
(9) “Beat Plastic Pollution” campaign, If you can’t reuse it, refuse it.
“Beat Plastic Pollution”, the theme for World Environment Day 2018, is a call to action for all of us to come together to combat one of the great environmental challenges of our time. Chosen by this year’s host, India, the theme of World Environment Day 2018 invites us all to consider how we can make […]
(8) People are ” fishing” for plastic.
Founded by Marius Smit in 2011, Plastic Whale runs plastic fishing tours in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The Amsterdam water company, Waternet, has estimated that around 3,500kg of rubbish is removed from Amsterdam’s waterways each day. “About 80% of what is floating out at sea comes from cities around the world,” says Smit. “My conviction was […]