Entrepreneurs around the world are seeking and finding solutions to the use of plastic. This brief overview covers a range of solutions. An entrepreneur in Vietnam transforms grass into straws. In Cuba, entrepreneurs create furniture from plastic. In Amsterdam, a Bubble Barrier collects plastic from the river.
Tag: Plastic
1000 Days For The Planet
Scientist Jean Lemire leads a crew aboard the oceanographic schooner Sedna IV on a 1,000-day journey for the planet. The journey takes the team across Earth. The goal of the crew — made up of mariners, scientists, and filmmakers — is to reveal the planet’s beauty and understand how Earth’s ecosystems work.
Plastic Pollution Is An Environmental Threat
The Plastic Problem – A PBS NewsHour Documentary
Plastic pollution is one of our greatest environmental threats. This PBS NewsHour special is a must-watch for all concerned.
activist360 comes across articles and commentaries on plastic and the harm that it is doing to us and our planet on a daily basis. We are increasingly alarmed and concerned. We encourage our visitors to learn all they can and encourage others to do the same.
In “The Plastic Problem: PBS NewsHour Presents”, Amna Nawaz and her PBS NewsHour colleagues look at this now ubiquitous material and how it’s impacting the world, why it’s become so prevalent, what’s being done to mitigate its use, and what potential alternatives or solutions are out there. This hour-long program travels from Boston to Seattle, Costa Rica to Easter Island to bring the global scale of the problem to light.