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Recyclable Plastic Boat Sets Sail
http://www.ecogeek.org/component/content/article/3116
A boat aptly called the Plastiki, made out of 12,500 recyclable plastic bottles filled with carbon dioxide, has set sail for a great voyage through the Pacific. While it seems like an extreme stunt, the journey has more of a purpose than just seeing if a plastic boat can make the trip.
Amazing Pictures, Pollution in China
http://www.chinahush.com/2009/10/21/amazing-pictures-pollution-in-china/
October 14, 2009, the 30th annual awards ceremony of the W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund took place at the Asia Society in New York City. Lu Guang (??) from People’s Republic of China won the $30,000 W. Eugene Smith Grant in Humanistic Photography for his documentary project “Pollution in China.”
Time to get tough with e-clean-up, says Kiernan
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/time-to-get-tough-with-ecleanup-says-kiernan-20100307-pqln.html
THE Clean Up Australia Day founder, Ian Kiernan, has stepped up calls for national laws to crack down on e-waste producers
Plastic rubbish blights Atlantic Ocean
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8534052.stm
Scientists have discovered an area of the North Atlantic Ocean where plastic debris accumulates. The region is said to compare with the well-documented “great Pacific garbage patch”.
Litter: our legacy to future generations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/feb/24/jeremy-paxman-rubbish-roadside-coke
Our grandchildren will know us by our discarded cans of Coca-Cola and packets of Walkers crisps
Our 10 Favourite Innovations for Reducing Plastic Consumer Waste
http://www.good.is/post/our-10-favorite-innovations-for-reducing-plastic-consumer-waste/
The practice of individually packaging consumer products may not have originated in the 20th Century, but that’s certainly when it was perfected; our landfills are stacked with unconscionable mounds of plastic waste as a reminder. Fortunately, there are those among us working to buck the trend and put a dent in our masses of trash.
Food waste should have ‘mandatory collection’, say MPs
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/19/food-waste-mandatory-collection-efra
New EU regulations for battery disposal
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/04/regulations-battery-disposal