Truth About Plastic
@PlasticsCrisis
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Plastics and petrochemical production are not aligned with a climate-safe future or the universal right to a clean, healthy environment ✊
Joined September 2020
Ending plastic pollution depends on cuts to production. A Global Plastics Treaty can achieve this. An open letter clarifies this demand. See who signed! https://t.co/1gqbzCx7Ph
#PlasticsTreaty @Greenpeace @ClientEarth @plasticsoupfoun @_Retorna @Surfrider @LuisVayasEc @IUCN
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The “more recycling bins” solution is no more going to solve this than it has for plastics. We need to legislate against all vapes. We are in a systemic waste emergency | Vapes causing more than one fire a day in its facilities and trucks - BBC News
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Six months after disposable vape ban, waste firm calls for stronger measures to control them being disposed of incorrectly.
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Like we said there is a waste emergency- and it’s systemic. At least 8,000 illegal waste sites in UK, research suggests | Waste | The Guardian
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Concerns over impact on health and environment, as well as £1.63bn in avoided landfill tax
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Artificial pitches/Bio-beads in sewage/Over-packaging/All cheap clothing/waterproofing... The answer is - the government definitely is not doing enough to keep us safe. Corporations need to be held to account. 1st Dec. BBC1
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Web designers like @reijowrites bring powerful interactions to the web with one platform: Framer
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Does your child's school have a "3G" pitch that uses recycled tires as infill? 😱 Emissions Analytics has now determined the chemicals present in 250 different types of tyres. “There are hundreds and hundreds of chemicals, many of which are carcinogenic,” https://t.co/qZUP8yMtHV
As you can see, this poster is from ECHA - The European Chemicals Agency. "Do not swallow the granules" ECHA are actually admitting that the chemicals in the rubber crumb infill in 3G pitches are dangerous. They know that they're carcinogenic, mutagenic and endocrine
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Here is our report summary - full report and our response to the DEFRA Option Appraisal for Intentionally Added Microplastics are both on our website.
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The EU recognises rubber crumb has negative effects on living organisms and has banned it. So why is DEFRA dragging its heels? We took our report “Artificial Grass: Environment, Health and Waste”to Westminster this week with other campaigners to discuss routes to regulation.
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From her comfortable life in America, Sophie plunges into India's colorful slums in 'Children Who Dance in the Rain.' Her transformative journey uncovers magic, gratitude, and empathy. Your purchase writes new stories -- 25% of proceeds directly aid underprivileged children.
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@fivanmierlo @LaylaMoran is this gargantuan fly tip in either of your constituencies? @thameswater what do you propose to do about preventing ingress of plastic/microplastics/PFAS from it into the Thames River Basin? @WATERSHED_i @leanahosea @PlasticsCrisis @paulpowlesland
🚨 SHOCKING 🚨 A HUGE illegal waste dump has appeared between the A34 and River Cherwell, linked to organised crime. Every rainfall risks toxins washing into the river. We’re calling on the Environment Agency & Cherwell Council to act NOW. Our rivers cannot wait. 👇👇
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To be clear-the plastics crisis is existential. The High Ambition Coalition at the #GlobalPlasticsTreaty prioritised capping production. We need to acknowledge our over-consumption and continue to push government and corporations to reduce. Anything else is just waste management
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Environmental catastrophe- millions of plastic beads pollute Camber Sands: It’s important to establish if @SouthernWater treatment is faulty, but we need to look even further upstream: This is a systemic problem. @helenadollimore
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MP asks for explanation from Southern Water amid concerns the spill could have dire impact on rare sea life
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Should we listen to the leading scientists who've studied this, or a compromised tech bro?
Bill Gates, the billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, says it’s time to adopt a more measured tone when addressing climate change and the threat it poses to the world
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‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ is corporate gaslighting – the real change must come from the fossil fuel industry
theconversation.com
Recycling and cutting personal waste isn’t enough. Polluters must be regulated, and reparations paid by companies that have harmed the environment.
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Don’t let your school district or city justify its artificial turf purchases with claims like “recyclable.” There’s no version of recycling it that could be considered environmentally & economically sustainable. “The Fraud of Advanced Recycling” https://t.co/TQg6U62LyC
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Nice. The Greens Now Have More Members Than The Tories As Support Surges | HuffPost
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Another 1,000 signed up this morning alone.
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This video was removed from my personal YouTube channel for “misinformation”. Share it far and wide.
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The government commissioned the Skidmore report a couple of years ago and it recommended banning waste exports. We reminded Jeremy Hunt - a cabinet member who voted against the recommendation- that his litterpicks are doomed to last forever without meaningful action on waste…
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Our waste should be our own problem on our own turf. But we are shifting this onto developing countries. If we dealt with it here, there would be much more incentive for controls on production.
theguardian.com
Campaigners say increase in exports mostly to Malaysia and Indonesia is ‘unethical and irresponsible waste imperialism’
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Deepening the plastic pollution problem. This gives a green light to continued over-production 🥺PhD student discovers game-changing method to transform old plastic bags: 'An innovation that has the potential to deliver real change'
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"Plastic waste has become a very concerning and dangerous problem all around the world."
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Why are so many young people getting cancer? Microplastics may play a role
sciencenews.org
Diagnoses for several cancers before age 50 have been increasing rapidly since the 1990s. Scientists don’t know why, but they have a few suspects.
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Hear Wastelands: Walleys Quarry, my immersive doc about the UK landfill scandal, currently at Screen South Folkestone, till 21st Sept runs today, Weds To Sunday 12 to 5pm
theguardian.com
Exclusive: Leachate is tankered to treatment works where it mixes with sewage and industrial effluent
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