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Tag Archives: plastic
Rubbish in the oceans
As teams from several countries search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, they’re finding a lot of rubbish. Laura Parker at National Geographic tells us how this shines a spotlight on giant ocean garbage patches.
Electric cars and bacterial plastics
We need to get better at using organisms. Organisms are alive so they can breed. That is, they’re renewable. Some of them can be used in ways that, people claim, are sustainable. That is, using some organisms is supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in knowledge transfer, miniculture
Tagged allotment, bacterium, biobased industry, car, compost, fuel, garden, knowledge, laboratory, plastic, renewable, soil, sustainable, technology, transport
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Campaigners call for ban on seabird killer
Originally posted on Green Living London:
This pair of guillemots were casualties of pollution by PIB. Pic: RSPB Three leading wildlife organisations have joined together to call for the ban on the discharge of polyisobutene (PIB), which has killed hundreds of…
Posted in ecology
Tagged bird, building, conservation, law, plastic, politics, pollution, polyisobutene, sea, seabird, textile, vertebrate, waterbird, wildlife
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