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Tag: Plastic pollution

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12May/17

Study finds sea salt is contaminated with microplastics

May 12, 2017EnvironmentArticles, Australia, Environment, France, Great Pacific garbage patch, Iran, Japan, Malaysia, Manufacturing, Microplastics, Natural environment, Nature, New Zealand, NEXT MEDIA, Physical sciences, Plastic, Plastic pollution, Plastic soup, Pollution, Portugal, Salt, Sea, Sea salt, South Africa, Structure, Waste, Water pollutionsmbale

Plastic waste we’ve been throwing in the ocean is now coming back to us via the food we eat.
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18Apr/17

Nigerian women crochet bags from plastic waste

April 18, 2017EnvironmentAisha Muhammed, Aishatu, Aishatu Muhammed, Articles, Bags, Energy conservation, Environment, Mass production, Natural environment, Nature, Nigeria, Packaging, Physical universe, Plastic, Plastic bag, Plastic pollution, Plastic recycling, Raymond Obindu, Recycling, Recycling by material, Shopping bags, Waste management, Water conservation, Yolasmbale

Women in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Yola are making a living from recycling plastic bags and using them to make accessories and usable household products like baskets for sale. The project aims at empowering members while at the same time reducing the number of plastic bags dumped indiscriminately.
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11Oct/15

Plastic eating worms might help reduce the environmental impact of garbage

October 11, 2015InnovationBuilding insulation materials, Insects as feed, Materials, Mealworm, NEXT MEDIA, Organic compounds, Organic polymers, Pet foods, Plastic pollution, Polymers, Polystyrene, Styrofoam, Tenebrionidae, Tseng, Wei-Min Wusmbale

(Next Media Online) – Researchers led by scientists at Stanford University in U.S. and Beihang University in China have found that the mealworm can safely biodegrade various types of plastic, Stanford News reported.
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