Easy and Affordable Ways to Reduce Microplastic Contamination
Hey ya'll! these are my four easy and affordable recommended tips to reduce the amount of plastic you are using on daily basis. This in turn will result in less microplastics in the environment. This video is intended for those not used to reducing the amount of plastic we use. Also below are links to some of the news and scientific articles that address some of the claims I am making in this video.
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Tip Number 1:
Microfibers generated from the laundering of cotton, rayon and polyester based fabrics and their aquatic biodegradation: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
The Fabric Cycle: Generating Microplastics from our Laundry: https://envirobites.org/2019/07/09/th....
https://theconversation.com/plastic-f...
Tip Number 2:
Buy These 10 Items in Bulk and Help Keep Tons of Plastic Trash Out of the Oceans: https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifest...
Tip Number 3:
State Plastic and Paper Bag Legislation: https://www.ncsl.org/research/environ....
Plastic bags are spreading. Buy are they truly effective?: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
Novel methods, new results and science-based solutions to tackle marine debris impacts on wildlife: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
Tip Number 4:
How the plastic bottle went from miracle container to hated garbage: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
Northern fulmars as biological monitors of trends of plastic pollution in the eastern North Pacific: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
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