Introduction: Even When We Try, Plastic Wins As a UK household, we do what we can to keep single-use plastic out of our home. We order a weekly veg box delivery to support local growers and reduce our food miles, we opt for loose produce whenever it’s available, we favour product because of their choice …
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Editor’s Note: This article updates EcoStreet’s original 2013 coverage, “What Are Dry Cleaners Doing to Our Environment?” While the original piece correctly identified the health and environmental hazards of traditional dry cleaning chemicals, the regulatory and technological landscape has advanced significantly since its publication. Dry cleaning is the process of cleaning garments and textiles using …
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When we talk about living sustainably, our minds usually jump to canvas tote bags, recycling bins, or skipping plastic straws. We rarely think about our overflowing photo libraries, thousands of unread emails, or late-night video marathons. Because digital data lives in the “cloud,” it feels weightless. In reality, that cloud relies on massive, physical data …
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Sign up to take part in The Big Plastic Count between 22-26 May 2022. Greenpeace and Everyday Plastic have joined forces in the UK to co-ordinate the biggest survey of plastic to date. Are we recycling household plastic or simply just throwing it away? Let’s gather evidence to show our government what’s really going on. …
Dry cleaning is a process of cleaning clothing or textiles which uses chemical solvents rather than water. Most of the time, a solvent called perchloroethylene (which is also known as ‘perc’) is used to clean the fabrics. Dry cleaning is useful for very delicate fabrics that would be destroyed if they were being tossed around …
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A close up of an ocean sample from the North Atlantic Gyre (slow rotating whirlpools in which plastic trash can accumulate), showing both pieces of plastic and zooplankton. You’d be hard pressed to tell the difference. Fish and other marine organisms often can’t. We currently recover only 5% of the plastics we produce. What happens …
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