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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Plastic found in 'almost 100%' of Alderney's gannet nests 5 years, 10 months ago

Nearly all of Alderney’s 8,000 gannet nests are contaminated with plastic pollution, island conservationists say.

As recently as 20 years ago, only small quantities were seen in the nests, the Wildlife Trust […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt posted an update 5 years, 10 months ago

https://www.trashless.earth/_blog/blog-004-litterati/

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Guatemala’s biofences are cleaning up Latin American rivers. And it’s thanks to a Facebook video 5 years, 10 months ago

Look again and it’s just a mesh of plastic bottles and netting. What’s going on here?

In May, the Forum produced a video on Guatemala’s ‘biofences’ — plastic bottles meshed together to form barriers across ri […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Bali bans single-use plastics, aims to cut marine plastics by 70%: Report 5 years, 11 months ago

AKARTA: Indonesia’s holiday island Bali has enacted a ban on single-use plastics such as shopping bags, styrofoam and straws in efforts to curb pollution in its waters, according to a report by the Jakarta Post on […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: The EU just finalized an agreement to ban tons of single-use plastics 5 years, 11 months ago

As Popular Science has reported before, plastic is a big problem: microplastics have shown up in our poop and in Arctic sea ice; as plastics degrade they spill out greenhouse gases; and of course, they hang around […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Packaging producers to pay full recycling costs under waste scheme 5 years, 11 months ago

Retailers and producers of packaging will be forced to pay the full cost of collecting and recycling it under the government’s new waste strategy.

Supermarkets and other retailers could be charged penalties f […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago

Anybody heard of Qmilk? totally biodegradable plastic made out of thrown away cowmilk.

QMILK Biopolymer

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Arthur De Smidt shared Product: bamboo toothbrush 5 years, 11 months ago

Eco-friendly toothbrushes are one of the little ways to make a big difference

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Arthur De Smidt shared Product: Menstrual pad 5 years, 11 months ago

A lovely Starter Pack to get you going with the basics. Choose between Pinks or Blues or a mix of different colours. The exact colours will vary depending on what is in stock. Your Starter Pack contains two 8″ […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: He swam from Japan to Hawaii and at times saw a piece of plastic in the ocean every three minutes 5 years, 11 months ago

A French man’s attempt to swim across the Pacific Ocean may be over for now, but his campaign to warn the world about the dangers of plastic pollution in the ocean continues.

Benoît “Ben” Lecomte stepped on a […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago

Have more people here got a message from hesther? It seems spam please dont reply i will look into it.

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Eco Bus America replied 5 years, 11 months ago

yes me too…
- Arthur De Smidt replied 5 years, 11 months ago
  
  thanks, hester has been deleted and I will keep on it.

Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Microplastics found in gut of every sea turtle in new study 5 years, 11 months ago

Plastic was found in the gut of every single sea turtle examined in a new study, casting fresh light on the scale of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans.

The research, published in the journal Global Change […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt posted an update 5 years, 11 months ago

In El Valle we have joined a cleanup with the #GreenTeam. An expat group that comes together every monday to untrash the village. They are doing this already for 10 years….

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Arthur De Smidt replied 5 years, 11 months ago

And a short video https://youtu.be/S1v-9IZqXC8

Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Record breaking Great British Beach Clean and survey – results 5 years, 11 months ago

The MCS Great British Beach Clean, run in partnership with Waitrose & Partners, was the biggest mass participation beach clean and survey event the UK has ever witnessed. The event, held over four days in […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: How Lasers Can Help Clean Up Beach Trash 5 years, 11 months ago

New 3-D modeling technology has the power to scan coastlines for garbage much faster than humans can.
One strike against the human species is that we’ve filled the Earth’s oceans and beaches with garbage. A poi […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Join the International Coastal Cleanup in Panama 5 years, 11 months ago

ach year, countries around the world join together for one day in September to clean up their beaches, rivers, and shorelines. The cleanup effort is organized by Ocean Conservancy. The organization works to create […][Read More…]

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Arthur De Smidt shared Globalnews: Almost 9 tons of plastic were collected on the beaches of Costa del Este 5 years, 11 months ago

The activity that had the support of P & G volunteers, in addition to other companies, managed to collect in Costa del Este a significant amount of garbage and allowed the transnational, which has its Regional […][Read More…]