At the recent second session of the INC, the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA) presented a new report highlighting the key elements to fight plastic pollution. © ISWA During the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) in Paris, ISWA International hosted a...
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根据第二段中的"What the study showed is that ocean plastic pollution will triple(增至三倍)by 2040 if nothing is done to stop it.That means there are 50 kilograms of plastic per meter of shoreline.Fortunately,if governments and businesses were brave enough to push for a remake of the ...
Say “no" to plastic pollution!How long does it take you to drink a bottle of water? Maybe just five minutes. But the plastic(塑料的) bottle will stay in nature for 500 years! Plastic does not disappear(消失) easily. I is a big problemfor Earth.Plastic EverywhereThere are many plastic...
What else can you do to reduce plastic pollution? Spread the word –encourage your coffee buddy and those around to practice better habits. Start from the ground up –teach a child you know about going without a straw/bag, etc. Say no to extra plastics –supermarkets often pack items into...
One long-distance flight consumes fuel which a car uses in several years' time, but they cause the same amount of pollution. So, some people think that we should discourage non-essential flights, such as tourist travel, rather than limit the use of cars. To what extent do you agree or ...
Kevin O’Connor of University College Dublin, Ireland says bioplastics are, at least, a part of the plastic pollution solution. Biodegradable plastic, also known as polylactic acid, or PLA, is made from maize starch or sugar cane.
We have all heard how plastic pollution has overflowed every corner of the world. Recently,scientists have made a surprising discovery that microplastics are even found in the human bloodstream.After analyzing blood samples(样本) from 22 healthy people, researchers found microplastics in 17 of them!
根据最后一段中的“Scientists warn that chemicals and toxins(毒素) absorbed by microbeads and other microplastics could be passed on to organisms who mistake them for food and eat them, and could then be passed up higher and higher on the food chain, eventually reaching humans”可知,通过参考...
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