Plastic Bags: 10 Facts That Will Change How You Use Them

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Plastic Bags- Bad There’s no denying that plastic bags are bad for the environment. It’s well-researched and well-documented – and yet 160,000 of them are still used every second around the world. This needs to change, so we’ve put together some plastic bag facts that will change the way you (and your friends) use them (and hopefully stop […]

Our 5 Step Guide to a Plastic Straw Free Life

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Why Plastic Straws? We all use plastic straws; even if we don’t buy them for use at home, when we’re in a restaurant or bar it’s more than likely that your drink will come with at least one plastic straw in the glass. It’s estimated that in the US alone more than 500 million straws […]

Humanities Plastic Addition: Saving Our Ocean

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Guest Blogger: Joe Thomas Plastic is having a devastating effect on our oceans, our wildlife and ultimately on us as a human species. The introduction of plastic in the 20th century has led us to become increasingly reliant on its use and now a large percentage of almost everything we buy contains plastic. However, while […]

Plastic! Not so Fantastic. Tips on How to Cut Down Waste Everyday

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Two divers picking up rubbish underwater, one holds a plastic bag The Garbage Patch Right now, a plastic island the size of Texas (or bigger) floats adrift on the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. It’s a collection of straws, water bottles and lighters — all things that we don’t need to keep buying and using and wasting. These plastics contribute to habitat destruction and entangle […]