Plastic-Wrapped Earth

nrdc:

Woah. Humans have made enough plastic to coat the Earth entirely in cellophane, according to new study. 

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More than 300 million tonnes of plastic is manufactured every year. And we currently recycle only 14 percent of plastic packaging. Plastic is turning up just about everywhere on the planet from Arctic waters to the ocean floor, and even in the food chain. Plastic has been found inside the tiny zooplankton that’s eaten by some of our favorite seafood. 

“Forever is today for our children. Delete plastic from your world. Our oceans are death zones, our beaches plastic. Refuse2Use” - Peter Fonda #Resolve2Refuse disposable plastic: http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/get-involved

“Forever is today for our children.
Delete plastic from your world.
Our oceans are death zones, our beaches plastic.
Refuse2Use” - Peter Fonda

#Resolve2Refuse disposable plastic: http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/get-involved

“Join me in going plastic-free this holiday season. Here’s a New Year’s resolution: Let’s get rid of our single-use plastic addiction. Make a contribution to PPC.” – Jeff Bridges #Resolve2Refuse single-use plastic.

“Join me in going plastic-free this holiday season. Here’s a New Year’s resolution: Let’s get rid of our single-use plastic addiction. Make a contribution to PPC.” – Jeff Bridges

#Resolve2Refuse single-use plastic. 

“Happy holidays! It’s a new world again and there is no better way to celebrate forward thinking than to stop playing with single-use plastics. Party into this next year with optimism and make a holiday contribution to PPC!! Wheeeee!” – Mario...

“Happy holidays! It’s a new world again and there is no better way to celebrate forward thinking than to stop playing with single-use plastics. Party into this next year with optimism and make a holiday contribution to PPC!! Wheeeee!” – Mario Batali

#Resolve2Refuse single-use plastics. 

This holiday season, we encourage you to #UseRealStuff & #MakeRealStuff! Reduce your plastic footprint by giving handmade, homemade, or vintage gifts. Will you #Resolve2Refuse single-use plastics in 2016? Join us.

This holiday season, we encourage you to #UseRealStuff & #MakeRealStuff! Reduce your plastic footprint by giving handmade, homemade, or vintage gifts. Will you #Resolve2Refuse single-use plastics in 2016? Join us. 

‘Tis the season to go plastic free! Use real stuff and make real stuff! Reduce your plastic footprint by giving handmade, homemade, or vintage gifts. While you’re at it, why not ‪#‎Resolve2Refuse‬ single-use plastics in 2016? Join us.

‘Tis the season to go plastic free! Use real stuff and make real stuff! Reduce your plastic footprint by giving handmade, homemade, or vintage gifts.

While you’re at it, why not ‪#‎Resolve2Refuse‬ single-use plastics in 2016? Join us. 

Want to limit the amount of plastic used on your college campus – or in your home? Download the free Plastic-Free Campus Manual (created by the Post-Landfill Action Network with support from PPC) for more tips.

Want to limit the amount of plastic used on your college campus – or in your home? Download the free Plastic-Free Campus Manual (created by the Post-Landfill Action Network with support from PPC) for more tips.  

“May I please have a lemonade? No straw please.” – Cole, age 9. Take the pledge to Refuse Plastic Straws.

“May I please have a lemonade? No straw please.” – Cole, age 9.

Take the pledge to Refuse Plastic Straws.

30days0plastic: “ I made a new beach clean up trash bag out of some old burlap and a string! Super easy and this way the sand can still fall through and I don’t have to worry about creating more plastic. It also looks nice :) ” Love this idea!

30days0plastic:

I made a new beach clean up trash bag out of some old burlap and a string! Super easy and this way the sand can still fall through and I don’t have to worry about creating more plastic. It also looks nice :) 

Love this idea!

Reblogged from 30days0plastic-blog

unconsumption:

The Great Pacific garbage patch is one of the world’s least talked about environmental disasters. At Kamilo beach in Hawaii, Sophie Thomas from the Royal Society of Arts has documented pieces from the patch washed up on land, including discarded bottles, toothbrushes and toys.

(via Plastic waste in Pacific Ocean washed up on Hawaii beach - in pictures | Guardian Sustainable Business | The Guardian)

— rw

REFUSE disposable plastic.

Reblogged from unconsumption

Did you know biodegradable plastics won’t disintegrate in the ocean? Read the UNEP report.

Did you know biodegradable plastics won’t disintegrate in the ocean? Read the UNEP report. 

Need a gift for a coworker who loves take-out? Or a plastic-free way to store Thanksgiving leftovers? Check out this stainless steel lunch kit from Life Without Plastic.

Need a gift for a coworker who loves take-out? Or a plastic-free way to store Thanksgiving leftovers? Check out this stainless steel lunch kit from Life Without Plastic.