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… Read More »Join in The Big Plastic Count
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… Read More »What Are Dry Cleaners Doing to Our Environment?
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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… Read More »Plastic, or food?
If you can’t read the ad, here’s what it says: “Green is the new mainstream. Once a global issue taken on by the few, it has now come home. Literally. Recycling, saving energy, choosing organic, preserving the planet, it’s all… Read More »Plascon greenwash?
Something for all you fish-lovers out there. Via: Green Remix [ad#468×60]
This is a guest post by Samantha Catalano, a Public Outreach Coordinator for the Mesothelioma & Asbestos Awareness Center. Ms. Catalano coordinates the writing, preparation and distribution of informational materials, including articles related to occupational asbestos exposure, mesothelioma cancer and… Read More »Mesothelioma: a little known side effect of fossil fuel use
Games consoles have featured on thousands of letters to Santa this year, replacing many older consoles that will end up in the mountains of e-waste that are growing by the day. Now Greenpeace is pitting console against console in their… Read More »Clash of the consoles