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"Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. They suffuse our #air, our #soil, the #food we eat and the #water we drink. They’re being detected everywhere, from Antarctic sea ice to human brains. A new #study published reveals how #microplastics hinder #photosynthesis across a wide range of plant species—including crucial food #crops." https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/microplastic-pollution-is-messing-with-photosynthesis-in-plants/
#plasticPollution #foodSecurity #plants #biology #ecology #plastic #plastics
Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize…
Scientific American"The review synthesizes the extensive scientific evidence showing that #FossilFuels and the fossil fuel industry are fueling not only the #climate crisis but also public health harms, environmental injustice, #biodiversity loss, and the #plastics and agrochemical pollution crises."
https://phys.org/news/2025-03-fossil-fuels-climate-health-biodiversity.html
#Polycrisis
In a review published in the journal Oxford Open Climate…
Phys.org"First and foremost, the campaigners are calling for a reduction in the production of plastic.
“The single-use #plastics that we are being inundated with in our life everywhere, when we have other options, are basically Big Oil’s way of continuing to push for the expansion of the fossil fuel industry,” says Dr Singh."
Reminder: Plastics "Recycling" is a MYTH.
More than 25 major consumer brands and petrochemicals…
euronewsA 6 year old boy in #Hampshire SE #England, saved thousands of sweet tubs from landfill for #recycling - they were taken to #Exeter (*not* that far away!) and recycled into #furniture, including a #bench that was donated to his primary #school
Six-year-old Teddy is gifted a "buddy bench" after…
BBC NewsReminder that consuming less, and consuming second hand / used is very important.
#Plastics #Microplastics #ClimateChange #Recycling #Canada #Overconsumption
Over time, plasticizers leach from the #plastics, which allows the material to deteriorate into potentially hazardous organics and #microplastics. Now, a team led by Christo Sevov, the principal investigator of the study and an associate professor in chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University, has found that using electricity to permanently affix those chemical additives can prevent such unwanted reactions.
https://phys.org/news/2024-10-scientists-method-pvc-products.html
Researchers have developed a way to make one type of…
Phys.org"Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice"
#Microplastics #Plastics #Environment
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-scientists-microplastics-alarming-conclusion-humanity.html
It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science…
phys.orgThe Center for #Climate Integrity published a report in Feb that indicated the #plastics industry championed #recycling mainly for its public relations value, rather than as a tool for avoiding #environmental damage. "We are committed to the activities, but not committed to the results," a VP at #Exxon Chemical said during a meeting in 1994 w/staff for the American Plastics Council, a trade group, acc/to a doc uncovered by the Center for Climate Integrity.
Bonta said in 2022 that his office was launching an investigation of the #FossilFuel & #petrochemical industries for their role in worsening #PlasticPollution, which his office described as a global crisis.
Fmr industry ofcls said the goal was to avoid #regulations & ensure demand for #plastics, which are made from #FossilFuels, kept growing. Despite yrs of #recycling campaigns, <10% of #plastic waste gets recycled globally, & the amount that's dumped in the environment continues to soar.
Bonta also suggested the fund could produce a “re-education” campaign to help consumers understand what #plastics are—and, just as crucially, which are not #recyclable.
The suit also calls for a substantial shift in communication from #ExxonMobil. The suit calls for “the end of the deceptive statements that have misled” the public.
#law #EnvironmentalLaw #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #pollution #disinformation #CorporateGreed
By misleading the public, the suit says, #ExxonMobil encouraged the excessive use of #plastic, which is produced from #FossilFuels.
Bonta’s office is asking for the creation of an Exxon-funded “abatement” fund, which could be used to address ongoing #PlasticPollution issues by supporting efforts like cleanups or developing new ways to break down #plastics.
#law #Climate #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #pollution #disinformation #CorporateGreed
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Would you change your lifestyle to last longer?
#Plastics in the sea...
#Plastic Mountains seen in video clip...
https://invidious.jing.rocks/watch?v=B4S5vTIFMPk&t=12m22s
#Pollution #Oil #Science #MicroPlastics #Polyester #Acrylic #Cosmetic #Soaps #Toothpaste #Bottles #Factories #BigPharma #Pharmaceutical
The #plastics industry has heralded a type of #chemical #recycling it claims could replace new shopping bags and candy wrappers with recycled ones — but not much is being recycled at all, and this method won’t curb the #plastic crisis.
#News #Video #Environment #EPA #Business #Oil #Chemicals #Government
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www.youtube.comMicroplastics content in human testicles already at 0.03% by weight.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/20/microplastics-human-testicles-study-sperm-counts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#microplastics #plastics #pollution
Scientists say discovery may be linked to decades-long…
The Guardianback in the early heyday of #plastics, the great conjecture was that it was just a matter of time until we found an easy, natural way to break down plastics and make them reusable.
I bought in—I made the scientific leap that let me follow that conjecture—that some bacteria or enzyme or process would be found soon for the #plasticwaste.
60 years of #BigChem promises and profit taking, with no discoveries—and those made even less likely by their lack of corporate responsibility..
Every time I am forced to put something in recycling, I think of how that actually means dumping it in my home region, SE Asia
The only reliable way to recycle is to eliminate plastic as far as possible.
Plastic recycling is a failed idea, and a pollutant of the developing world.
"#Mycellium is the #root structure of #mushrooms and, simply [stated], they're just the #recyclers of #nature."
#Mycoremediation, replacing #plastics, #meats, #packaging, #leathers and more are all possible with #fungi, perhaps the important #organism on #Earth.
Using and doing Everything, Everywhere, All at Once to mitigate #ClimateChange may save our #species. It's our best option.
Now I want to be buried in a #mushroom #coffin. #GreenFuneral #GreenBurial
Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work (May 2022, The Atlantic)
* "The problem with recycling plastic lies not with the concept or process but with the material itself."
* "toxicity risks in recycled plastic prohibit “the vast majority of plastic products and packaging produced” from being recycled into food-grade packaging."
* "plastic recycling is simply not economical. Recycled plastic costs more than new plastic because collecting, sorting, transporting, and reprocessing plastic waste is exorbitantly expensive."
* "Chemical recycling is not viable. It has failed and will continue to fail for the same down-to-earth, real-world reasons that the conventional mechanical recycling of plastics has consistently failed. Worse yet, its toxic emissions could cause new harm to our environment, climate, and health."
Story at the Atlantic by Judith Enck, a former EPA regional administrator, the president of Beyond Plastics, and a visiting professor at Bennington College; and Jan Dell, a chemical engineer and the founder of the Last Beach Cleanup.
#Plastics #Recycling #PlasticsCrisis #Pollution
Plastics. Climate, Recycling:
"Very little of the plastic we put in the recycling bin actually ends up being reused," Duke University researcher Diana Zoie said. "Recycling just delays plastic disposal and pollution. Any comprehensive solution needs to target virgin plastic production and use."
"The majority of companies made no connection in publicly available reports between reducing their carbon footprint and reducing their plastic footprint, particularly in terms of reducing the production and use of virgin plastic," Diana said.
Do voluntary corporate pledges help reduce plastic pollution? (November 2022) Duke University
Summary:
A new analysis finds that while 72 percent of the top 300 companies on the Fortune 500 list have made voluntary pledges to reduce their plastic footprints, most are overwhelmingly focused on downstream waste-reduction strategies centered on recycling and packaging rather than on finding ways to reduce their use of virgin plastic, which is a main cause of the global plastic pollution problem.
#Plastics #PlasticsCrisis #Recycling #CarbonFootprint #pollution
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/11/221129165900.htm
A new analysis finds that while 72 percent of the top…
ScienceDaily#Introduction Hi audio peeps and podcast friends, great to join you here in the Fediverse!
This #podcast is about our strange and complicated relationship with a group of mighty materials called #plastic.
#Plastics enable the modern world, but also cause some serious #pollution.
What's the state of #science about plastic impacts on the #environment, #climate and human #health? How do we change our relationship to plastics?
Those are questions I explore in this slow media series. Join me!