#PlasticFreeJuly day 03
Today is the international plastic bag free day. Let’s join the movement!
The amount of petroleum it takes to produce 10 plastic bags could drive a car the length of a soccer field! 😱
Why not bring your own reusable bag the next time you go shopping?
The microplastic concentration in the Arctic Ocean reaches a new record!
Each litre of the Arctic Ocean sea ice contains up to 12,000 plastic particles...
Did you know that Indonesia is the second biggest maritime plastic polluter in the world? it means that for the 8M tons of plastic who were throw away into the oceans every year, Indonesia accounted for up to 1.29m tons or more than 10% of the total. #YoungChamps#cleanseas
Every holiday season about 4 million tons of gift wrap and decorations end up in U.S. landfills.
What about to wrap the gift for your valentine using pieces of fabric?
The Japanese furoshiki wrapping cloth, for example, is a simple, beautiful, and eco-friendly way to wrap 💛
Her Deepness, @sylviaearle is an oceanographer, activist and Hero for the Planet according Time Magazine.
Dr. Earle led the first team of women aquanauts during the Tektite II (NASA’s deep sea research project).
Thanks for inspiring the world everyday!
#oceanhero#youngchamps
Did you know most chewing gum contains plastic? 😱
Basically, almost all of the chewing gum on sale (with the exception of a couple of natural brands like @simplygum ) is made from a combination of some ingredients like: petroleum wax, polyvinyl or polyethylene. #plasticfree
Our 3 reasons you should avoid the plastic bag:
1. A plastic bag can take from 15 to 1k yrs to break down 2. 1M birds, 100k turtles, and countless other sea animals die each year from ingesting plastic.
3. Plastic bags are made from petroleum and natural gas, both non-renewable
DÍA INTERNACIONAL SIN SORBETES
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Promovemos las buenas prácticas en el uso de plásticos mediante su #reducción#reutilización y #reciclaje.
A través del consumo responsable impulsamos la transición hacia una #EconomíaCircular
We are happy to see more and more brands coming together to fight against the single-use plastics on their industries.
A partnership made between Nestlé/Häagen-Dazs and TerraCycle will deliver at consumer’s front door a durable packaging that can be reused 100 times! #plasticfree
A new study looked at sea, rock, and lake salt sold and found microplastics in 90% of the table salt sampled worldwide.
What are you going differently #today to avoid microplastics contamination?
Ref: https://t.co/0WLExmMJk5
#cleanseas#mareslimpos#plasticfree
There are some readings that never get old and the @natgeo “Planet or Plastic?” is one of them.
This issue was released in June and looks in depth at how single-use plastic impacts our planet.
For more info: https://t.co/kAYhlLZwIl
#plasticfree#planetorplastic#cleanseas#natgeo
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🇦🇷 A los que están en Argentina!
El 21/01 @corona_argentina va estar en la Estación Retiro para mostrarles sobre la realidad de la basura marina en los océanos! 🌊
Enterate también sobre clean-ups en https://t.co/ozZ6BcSaKU
#ProtectParadise#cleanseas#mareslimpos#mareslimpios
Edwin, el CocoMan!
Es uno de los heroes del medio ambiente en Santa Marta, Colombia.
Ese crack vende los mejores cocos de la Playa de Irotama en y todos vienen con pitillo de papel! 🙏🏾
Gracias @_MoniqueMoraes por la foto sensacional ☀️
#mareslimpos#mareslimpios#cleanseas
Gabriela Domingues is the CEO & Co-founder of @hokiint, a start-up dedicated to creating renewable energy sources using ocean plastic waste as raw material, taking advantage of exponential technologies. Take a look at her project on WorldLabs.
Meet the egg that broke the egg’s record that broke the Kylie Jenner's Instagram record!
Sustainability is on the news!
What about to use our online power to be a positive influence friends n family?
In 2019, what will be your contribution to make the world a better place?
Solo hemos reciclado 9% de todo el #plástico que se ha producido en la historia.
Necesitamos #SolucionesInnovadoras para repotenciar la industria del reciclaje ♻️ y garantizar #MaresLimpios. https://t.co/EMLaDRt4jA