Dejan Corovic
As above, so bellow
Just got an idea.
Why don't they throw all this rubbish into some active volcanoes? There are always some that are in a full swing.
Just got an idea.
Why don't they throw all this rubbish into some active volcanoes? There are always some that are in a full swing.
nivek
As Above So Below
Seems volcanoes would be the perfect place to dump all of our rubbish, old tires, plastics, or just about anything, instead of just burying it all...
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Dejan Corovic
As above, so bellow
Yeah, we only need to turn bulldozers into helicopters.
... the only downside is finding cheap way to airlift millions of tons of rubbish.
I was just joking. I think its still better to recycle this stuff, because we can't keep taking it out of Earth without putting it back. Particularly metals, like aluminium and iron.
nivek
As Above So Below
nivek
As Above So Below
The plastic crisis has spawned a new DISEASE in seabirds: Scientists say 'plasticosis' is caused by small pieces of rubbish which inflame the digestive tract
Birds that died after eating large amounts of plastic were found to have scarring in the first part of their stomach and 'deformed' intestines.Scientists have called the new disease 'plasticosis', and believe it is caused by small pieces of plastic inflaming the digestive tract.
Young birds also have the disease, thanks to their parents feeding them plastic.
Dr Alex Bond, who co-authored the study and is Principal Curator and Curator in Charge of Birds at the Natural History Museum, said: 'While these birds can look healthy on the outside, they're not doing well on the inside.'
Dr Bond and Dr Jennifer Lavers studied 30 Flesh-footed Shearwaters from Australia's Lord Howe Island to look at the relationship between levels of ingested plastic and the proventriculus organ – the first part of a bird's stomach.
Across the different birds examined during the study, the researchers found that scarring of the first part of the stomach was widespread.
Birds that had ingested more plastic had higher levels of scarring, leading the team to characterise the new disease.
Over time, the persistent inflammation causes tissues to become scarred and deformed, with the knock-on effects including digestion, growth and survival issues.
The disease can lead to the gradual breakdown of tubular glands in the stomach.
Losing these glands can cause the birds to become more vulnerable to infection and parasites and affect their ability to digest food and absorb some vitamins.
The researchers found that other inorganic items in the birds' guts, such as pumice stones, do not contribute to such scarring.
Birds eat stones to help grind food further back in the second part of their stomach, the gizzard.
The authors said the disease is a fibrosis – causing fibrous scarring in the stomach – in a similar way to asbestosis, caused by asbestos, and silicosis, caused by silica dust which affect the lungs.
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nivek
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This is what they call "green, renewable energy". A graveyard for wind turbine blades. They have burial sites for dead, toxic solar panels and all their green tech.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knX7NkJILhs
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knX7NkJILhs
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pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
I can't find the article but I read something the other day about a company in Mexico City that has found a way to make plastic-y stuff out of a renewable material, maybe plant based. They were showcasing the single use forks knives and spoons that we all throw away unused and will go straight to Hell for.
pigfarmer
tall, thin, irritable
nivek
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Average bottle of water contains 240,000 pieces of cancer-causing nanoplastics - 100 times more than previously thought
Bottles of plastic water contain hundreds of thousands of toxic microscopic plastic particles, new research has found. The findings are likely to shock anyone who has swapped from tap to bottled water, believing it was better for their health.Drinking water from a bottle could mean you are contaminating your body with tiny bits of plastic, which scientists fear can accumulate in your vital organs with unknown health implications.
Nanoplastics have already been linked to cancer, fertility problems and birth defects.
Scientists using the most advanced laser scanning techniques found an average of 240,000 plastic particles in a one-liter bottle of water, compared to 5.5 per one liter of tap water.
University of Columbia researchers tested three popular brands of bottled water sold in the United States – and, using lasers, analyzed the plastic particles they contained down to just 100 nanometers in size.
The particles – nanoplastics - are much smaller than the microplastics previously detected in bottled water.
However, the particles are considered potentially toxic because they are so small that they can enter directly into blood cells and the brain.
These microscopic particles carry phthalates — chemicals that make plastics more durable, flexible, and lasting longer.
Phthalate exposure is attributed to 100,000 premature deaths in the US each year. The chemicals are known to interfere with hormone production in the body.
They are 'linked with developmental, reproductive, brain, immune, and other problems', according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
The highest estimates found 370,000 particles.
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nivek
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Microplastics found in overwhelming majority of American meat, water, plants
A new study finds that the overwhelming majority of protein foods such as meat and fish are contaminated with microplastics.The comprehensive study, conducted by researchers at the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, found that approximately 88% of protein samples tested contained microplastic particles.
"Highly processed products contained the most microplastics per gram," the study said in its findings.
The samples were differentiated into 16 types, such as beef, chicken, seafood, pork, tofu and plant-based food products.
Microplastic particles were discovered across all 16 sample types.
"Maximum U.S. adult exposure from these proteins is ∼3.8 million microplastics/year," the study reports. "Mean U.S. adult exposure from consuming these proteins is >11,000 microplastics/year."
Among the tested samples, approximately 44% of the microplastics found were in the form of fibers.
An additional third of the particles were in the form of plastic fragments.
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nivek
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The big recyclable plastic lie EXPOSED: Major plastic producers have known for decades that recycling products was neither economically or practically possible
Big Oil companies and plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling is not a permanent solution, a new report has claimed.The left-leaning Center for Climate Integrity (CCI) found that companies including Exxon Chemical, and the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) have misled the public about recycling to avoid regulatory action and revenue losses.
The report claimed that the plastic industry has been aware that certain plastics are impossible to repurpose, but are mixed in with those that can, making sorting difficult and expensive.
While the companies are said to have known about recycling was not economically or technically feasible, they have continued to push recycling in marketing campaigns that still exist today.
However, industry insiders have been sounding the alarm for decades, saying plastic recycling is 'uneconomical' and that it 'cannot go on indefinitely,' according to newly surfaced documents featured in the report.
Big Oil and plastics companies lied when they told consumers that recycling is feasible, report claims
CCI used existing research and internal documents from APC staffers, which are said to suggest that the plastics and petrochemical industries were aware of the recycling obstacles and how plastic impacts our planet.
Richard Wiles, CCI President, said: 'This evidence shows that many of the same fossil fuel companies that knew and lied for decades about how their products cause climate change have also known and lied to the public about plastic recycling.
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nivek
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Over 700million pounds of Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging is dumped into environment each year - where chemicals infest livestock, human organs and even clouds
It's the environmental disaster hiding in plain sight - a new report finds that Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging generates 709 million pounds of waste each year.And nearly all of that tonnage — equivalent in weight to three aircraft carriers — threatens to degrade into ever tinier and more dangerous micro- and nano-plastics.
In recent years, scientists have made repeated, terrifying discoveries on the invisible seepage of microplastics into all facets of life on Earth, linking it to cancer, cell death, heart disease, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
The plastic waste created by the e-commerce giant, by itself, is enough to circle the Earth more than 800 times, a figure that doesn't include Amazon's many millions of tons of cardboard nor any of its unrecyclable packaging plastics.
Adding insult to injury, the new report found Amazon's so-called 'recyclable' plastic requires customers to drive their waste packaging to special 'store drop-off locations where plastic film is accepted.'
Given customer expectations of Amazon's door-to-door convenience, less than five percent of that plastic, tracked by the new study, ever makes it to a recycling center.
'We conducted an investigation into the effectiveness of the store drop-off system used by Amazon for recycling their plastic film packaging,' Jenn Engstrom, an author of the new report and director of California branch of the US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), explained.
'[PIRG] staff and volunteers placed small tracking devices, mainly Apple AirTags, in 93 bundles of Amazon plastic bags, bubble-lined plastic bags, and air pillows, and put them in store drop bins across the country to see where they ended up.'
Even for this packaging delivered to one of Amazon's designated drop-off points, including Target stores, only four in 93 of the plastics made it to a recycling center.
'We found no evidence that Amazon packaging is being widely recycled,' Engstrom and her co-author Celeste Meiffren-Swango from Environment Oregon concluded.
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