Refuse single-use and disposable plastics The facts Plastic is forever Plastic creates toxic pollution at every stage of its existence: manufacture‚ use‚ and disposal. Plastic is a material that the Earth cannot digest. Every bit of plastic that has ever been created still exists‚ including the small amount that has been incinerated and has become toxic particulate matter. Plastic poisons our food chain In the environment‚ plastic breaks down into small particles that attract toxic chemicals
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The Water Bottle The station was painfully close. I was racing through the desert‚ the sun slowly roasting and marinating me‚ soon id be a meal for the grim reaper. Sand tore away under the wheels of my bike as I rode hard east. Looking down into my lap‚ I eyed the package. I could abscond. It wouldn’t take me long to make it over the border‚ and with this package id be set for life. “If only.” Letting out a sigh‚ I sped to the station. Water was life. Water was money. Water was power. These
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5/23/2012 Plastic Pollution • History • Quantities • Marine life • Toxicity • Research • Solutions FOR A PRIZE Precautionary Principle (in this context) • When/If an action or choice has the potential to be harmful to ourselves or the environment‚ that action should be avoided. 1955 Life article“Throwaway Living” AMRF How is plastic made? Nurdles Pre-production plastic pellets 1 5/23/2012 Ballona Creek after a rainstorm Why should a disposable product outlast
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Plastic and Environment A plastic material is any of a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic organic solids that are moldable. Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass‚ but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic‚ most commonly derived from petrochemicals‚ but many are partially natural. Composition Most plastics contain organic polymers. The vast majority of these polymers are based on chains of carbon atoms alone or with oxygen‚ sulfur‚ or nitrogen
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Plastic Pollution in Hawai’i Plastic plays a big part of our lives. The food we eat is wrapped with it‚ the toys our siblings or children play with is made from it‚ the television we watch is made with it‚ we play video games with plastic controllers‚ we listen to music with plastic head phones and the shelves we use is made with plastic. Material items made with plastic can be useful‚ cheaper‚ and durable but it can also harm the environment. All of these plastic items don’t just disappear
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April 2012 Essay III How Plastic Pollution is Out of Control Many individuals underestimate the amount of plastic we use each day. According to the article “Plastic Bags Wars”‚ “the world consumes 1 million plastic shopping bags every minute”. Plastic bags‚ along with many other types of plastics‚ have become a leading source of pollution worldwide (Doucette). Captain Charles Moore‚ founder of the Algalita foundation states that we use two million plastic bottles in the United States every five
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* Plastic Bottle * Pencils(stand) * Duct tape Procedures: 1. Take 1 scoop of baking soda 2. Put it in the middle of the paper towel‚ and then roll it. 3. Put the funnel in the mouth of the bottle‚ and pour vinegar before the duct tape.(it’s up to you) 4. Fix the cork‚ put some paper towel‚ to make sure it fits perfectly‚ and won’t pop out really quick. 5. Put the rolled paper towel with baking soda inside the bottle. 6. Then shake it‚ turn the bottle upside-down
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the objects picture a description of what happens when light ray is shone on it. The source of light is a light bulb from a ray box. If a beam of light of one colour is shone through a prism‚ the direction of the beam is changed by the prism. This is because the two faces of the prism through which the light passes are not parallel. If white light is used the prism splits up the light into a series of colours. This shows that white light is actually made up of many other colours - a fact first
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problem with plastics The problem with plastic is that it doesn’t break down and go into the soil it just sits there for years and years and it’s way overused. We use plastic for A LOT of things: packaging‚ transporting‚ manufacturing‚ etc‚ but do we ever stop to think about what happens to the plastic after we’re done using it‚ or where it ends up? The ‘out of sight‚ out of mind’ saying is perfect when it comes to a lot of environmental issues‚ especially the issue with plastic. Plastic is made
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pretty shapes‚ sizes‚ color‚ and costly bottle that is taken control of the environment because of all this plastic in the land fill that cannot be recycled. To really help with this problem‚ one could just go and buy a real cool container that can hold tap water and just refill when needed. Tap water has been around for years and has been used more often than the resent years when bottle water came into the picture and everyone wanted to carry that bottle and be in the style with the others.
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