Glitter is not only impossible to clean up, it also stays in the environment FOREVER! Choose biodegradable glitter made from cellulose instead, or make eco-confetti with a hole puncher and fallen leaves. We don't need plastic to sparkle!
#wildaware#glitter
With a third of crops depending on pollinators, bees are undoubtedly the essential workers in our food system! Show our tiny heroes some love by planting native flowers in your garden, say no to toxic pesticides and take it easy with weeding. Let's keep our ecosystems buzzing! π
4 out of 5 disposable paper cups have HDPE grade of plastic. Scientists poured hot water in them & left them for 15 minutes. Using fluorescence microscopy they discovered that about 25,000 micron-sized microplastic particles leached into one cup of water. #wildaware#Plastic
On the evening of November 26th, a restaurant in Binh Tuan province in Vietnam was reported for keeping wine jars filled with wildlife. The Forest Protection Department checked the location and confiscated one wine jar filled with tockay geckos β£οΈ
#wildaware#animals#gecko
More than 1.6 million wild fish were taken from Irish waters to eat the lice off farmed salmon. Cleaner fish, primarily wrasse are used instead of chemical treatments for lice which allows farmed salmon to be marketed as organic and sold at a premium price.
#wildaware#salmon
Hong Kong seizes 1.9 tons of dried shark fin. Hong Kong officials discovered 1.9 tons of shark fin hidden in Indonesian shipping containers on November, 9. The shark fins, valued at $187,000 were found when the selected container was opened for inspection in customs. #wildaware
Clear-headed.
Brain clearly visible in a see-through head of Octopus Larva
#wildaware#octopus#nature#animals
Pic: Scifffy - Science, Technology and Nature
Sweden's teenage activist Greta Thunberg choked backed tears as she begged EU leaders to act on climate change like they did on Notre-Dame.
#wildaware#climatechange#nature#animals https://t.co/OI0PeIyk2U
These synchronised swimmers have performed in a pool full of plastic to highlight the problem of the world's polluted oceans. πββοΈ πββοΈβ»οΈ
(via BBC West)
#wildaware#trashtag#plastic#plasticocean https://t.co/9ojaXIxX1W
The ocean is already filled with about 165 million tons of plastic and every minute the equivalent to dumping the contents of one garbage truck goes into the ocean. By 2050, plastic in the oceans will outweigh fish.... https://t.co/toE5MjgvnG