Part of the reason that plastic bags are so problematic relates to their long lifespan. Whereas a paper towel breaks down in a month, and a piece of plywood may take a year to degrade, plastic bags persist for much longer – typically decades and, in some cases, centuries. In fact, pl...
Every year, billions of plastic water bottles are thrown away, polluting land and waterways around the world. The typical water bottle made of plastic can take hundreds of years to degrade. Lise Honsinger is also with Skipping Rocks Lab. “Most people just grab a bottle of water, hold it ...
Most of those bottles are a type of plastic called polyethylene terepthalate, or PET, which is produced from crude oil. Almost 90 percent of bottled-water bottles end up in the trash or on the ground, not in recycling bins. They can take up to 1,000 years to degrade, and when they...
Although long-distance cardio can be of value in boosting your metabolism and helping prevent obesity, doing interval training (also known as burst training) will likely be much more effective. That’s because intervals are more effective at adding muscle to your frame and helping tone you all ...
Metal straws, glass food storage containers, shampoo bars, reusable grocery bags — there are a lot of great ways to avoid single-use plastics, but sometimes it's unavoidable. So, what can you do to help ensure your laundry detergent jugs and plastic takeout containers don't end up in ...
Plastics can take hundreds of years to degrade. That’s a major environmental problem, because the plastics that get dumped in landfills and oceans stick around for a century or more. But they’re not making climate change worse. To figure the Green Premiums on materials, you need to ...
So what’s the best thing to do? Get a plan of attack in place early on, gathering the supplies you’ll need and coming up with an organization strategy so that when the time does come to take down your decorations and store them for the next year, you already know exactly how you’...
Photo: Plastics can begin to photodegrade quite quickly, but they take a very long time to break down completely. The old grocery store bag on the left has been exposed to the light for a few months and has already started to turn yellow (compared to the new bag on the right)....
The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a generation.
This set of 100 outer sleeves from Invest In Vinyl is a simple way to ensure a long shelf life for your record collection. The plastic sleeve is made of polypropylene plastic that’s three millimeters thick, and won’t wear or tear with regular use. ...