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You drink #water, otters live in it. Plastic contaminates water for all. #plasticaction

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A fish doorbell in a canal in Utrecht: an underwater livestream is used to open the canal lock and let fish through.
www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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Fish Doorbell: The viral livestream that’s saving fish in the Netherlands
www.discoverwildlife.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“The world has already agreed to end plastic pollution. All actors must do their part to deliver this promise. Starting now.” - @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.org #plasticaction
February 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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‘It’s not just a few ships doing it’: how the world’s plastic ends up on a Guernsey beach
‘It’s not just a few ships doing it’: how the world’s plastic ends up on a Guernsey beach
The work of local volunteer Richard Lord is being referenced by international aid organisations Evidence of the extent of the world’s plastic litter problem is washing up on Guernsey’s beaches with every tide. But it does not go unnoticed. It is being…
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Wetlands are vital for #biodiversity, including as critical habitats for many migratory species.🐦🌍🧪

@ipbes.bsky.social #LandDegradation Assessment

Yet, many of these #wetlands are now threatened.

Learn how wetlands support biodiversity with Ramsar for #WWD2025:

www.worldwetlandsday.org
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Building a community of collaborative advocacy is key to negotiating an effective #plastics treaty and positive change. Thank you for your work @earthgives.bsky.social!
@plasticadvocacy.bsky.social thanks for being an important advocate.
February 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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We need to "turn off the tap" to slow or stop the overflow of #plastics into the environment. And we also need solutions for the #plastic that is already toxifying nature. #Bioremediation - #microbes that eat plastic - is not a silver bullet, but it may help.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Plastic-eating bacteria boost growing business of bioremediation - Nature Biotechnology
Bacteria, fungi and plants can be grown and engineered to remove plastics, chemicals and pollutants from contaminated soil and water.
www.nature.com
January 24, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3B chemical plant in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

The complex would have stretched across 77 acres and been a major polluter.

grist.org/equity/mitsu...

#Louisiana #Mitsubishi #Chemical #Plastic #Pollution
Mitsubishi cancels plans for a $1.3B chemical plant in Louisiana's Cancer Alley
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and Verite News, a nonprofit news organization with a mission to produce in-depth journalism in underserved communities in the New Or...
grist.org
January 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Plastic actively affects a #river system, it is not passive! 📿

I wrote a feature article on our research for #Geoscientist in 2023 on “The peculiar processes of #plastic riddled #riverbeds”. We are still learning the extent of plastics #environmental impact. 🌍

geoscientist.online/sections/fea...
Sedimentation shifted - GEOSCIENTIST
We find plastic particles everywhere that we look, in the deepest ocean trenches, at the top of the highest mountains, even in rainwater and our own bodies. Current management strategies for plastic w...
geoscientist.online
January 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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How Much of the World’s Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled? ♻️♻️

#plastic #plasticpollution #landfill #recycle #SDGs #SDG #ESG #SustainableLiving #sustainability
January 19, 2025 at 8:05 AM
You drink #water, otters live in it. Plastic contaminates water for all. #plasticaction
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM