Tag: Plastics - Page 4
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Soda Bottle Planters Go Mainstream with the Stylish CapsulePot
This self-watering soda bottle planter is awfully cute...but it's also easy to make your own.
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Massive Waste of Mardi Gras Beads is No Party
You can't kiss all that trash away: But a few environmental groups in New Orleans plan to divert some of the plastic beads from landfill this year.
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Plastics from Biomass Opens Pathway to Reduced Reliance on Oil
Biomass-derived chemical raw materials which previously derived from petroleum could one day come from crop waste.
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Grand Canyon Bans Bottled Water Sales
The National Park Service has announced a ban on sales of bottled water at the Grand Canyon.
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When You Wash Your Clothes, You Release Microplastic Fibers Into the Oceans
Accumulating 'microplastic' threat to shores
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iBamboo iPhone Speaker Switches To Recycled Plastic, Still Uses Zero Electricity
One of our favorite electricity-free iPhone speakers is adding a new recycled plastic version to the line-up. Is it as green?
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Dancing Bottle Cap Sculpture Shows Exactly What Happens With Too Much Ocean Trash
Artist Fred George's 'Plastic Ocean' installation in Saarbrücken, Germany is a playful statement about a serious environmental threat.
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After The Fracking: Will More Southern Workers Move To Pittsburgh, Will Air Quality Worsen?
Cheap natural gas from Pennsylvania fracking may cause petrochemical industry build green field plants in northern Appalacia.
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Posing Against PVC On Your Yoga Mat
Is there PVC and other toxins in your yoga mat?
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Grand Canyon Reconsidering Plastic Water Bottle Ban, Could Be Implemented By Springtime
About a month since the Grand Canyon abandoned a plastic bottled water ban in the park after hearing from Coca Cola, the plan is back on.
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Entire Walls Tiled With Old Keyboard Keys
One artist has come up with a gorgeous reuse for the plastic keys on old, discarded keyboards
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Nestle Admits to Marketing Bottled Water to Minority Communities
Bottled water companies are found intentionally pushing their product in minority communities.
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Coca Cola Wins Again: American Idol Abandons REFUSE Plastic Message After Pressure From Sponsor
It's the second strike against Coca Cola in under a week as the company pressures popular TV show to abandon its support for a PSA denouncing disposable plastics.
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Recycled Plastic Bottle House Built in Nigeria
Take nearly 8,000 old plastic bottles, add some construction waste and mud, and voila: a sturdy and sustainable home.
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Plant with Eggbeater-Shaped Hairs Inspires New Waterproof Coating
The unusually shaped hairs on the leaves of this floating weed is the foundation for a high-tech waterproof material.
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Kenya's Plastiki? Boat Made From Plastic Bottles & Old Flip Flops
It's not an 8,000 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean, but it's still pretty cool.
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Grand Canyon Abandons Bottled Water Ban, After Meetings With Coca-Cola
The Grand Canyon was on track to ban bottled water sales in the park until Coca Cola registered its 'concerns' about the ban.
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On Parentables: Christine the Chemist Explains The Problems With PVC And Vinyl
Should the stuff be kept away from kids? The American Public Health Association thinks so.
