Garbage-sorting not only can protect the environment but also save resources. How should we sort garbage better? Doing a bit of research before you sort your trash can make all the difference. Recycling rules are different in different places. But no matter where you live, here are a few ...
Ki-Woo raises the phone high as he heads into the -- BATHROOM The bathroom is long and narrow and has a raised ‘altar’ at the far end where the toilet sits. The odd placement is necessitated by the semi-basement’s lower position in relation to the septic tank. Ki-Woo walks in...
"We are trying to do our bit to take whatever we can out of the waterto reduce this impact...Jersey does not see many sea turtles, but because of tidal action, currents, winds etc., our litter can impact on marine animals across the ocean."Sam Andrews...
The article “Trashing the Oceans,” by Thomas Hayden, which was published in U.S. News and World Report, states how the oceans are being polluted by the trash going within it. Another article “Managing Marine Plastic Pollution,”John H. Tibbetts, was published in Environmental Health Perspec...
terms of weight,almost halfof the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a notorious area of floating trash three times the size of France -- was made up of fishing nets. On the other hand, microplastics made up 94% of the estimated 1.8 trillion tiny pieces floating in the area...
Though the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the most widely publicized of the so-called trash islands, theAtlantic Oceanhas one as well in the Sargasso Sea. The Sargasso Sea is located in the North Atlantic Ocean between 70 and 40 degrees westlongitudeand 25 and 35 degrees northlatitude. It ...
Garbage-sorting can not only protect the environmentbut also save resources. How should we sort garbage better?Doing a bit of research before you sot your trash can makeall the difference. Recycling rules are different in differentplaces. But no matter where you live, here are a few ways.Don...
World’s major rivers are becoming conveyor belts. They pick up more and more trash as they go downstream and take plastic to seas and oceans. Once this plastic is caught in ocean streams, it’s transported around the world. Here’s an example: Henderson Island is an uninhibited atoll betw...
The evolution of the plastic bottle from amazing to scourge of land and sea has played out inside of a generation.
Lack of access to trash receptacles Lenient law enforcement Presence of litter already in the area People who litter out of laziness or carelessness often believe that someone else (a maintenance worker or park employee) will come along and pick up the litter and dispose of it properly. Others...