Tasmanian Times
All posts tagged "plastic"
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3.7KArticle3,000 Shipping Containers Fell Into the Pacific Ocean Last Winter
A rise in container-ship accidents adds to the growing marine plastic pollution problem and poses risks to ocean health, wildlife and mariners.
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Bans on Single-Use Plastics Needed in Next Tas Parliament
Media release – 12 April 2021 Bans on Single Use Plastics must occur in next Tas Parliament The Boomerang Alliance of 53...
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Turning Wood Into Plastic
Plastics are one of the world’s largest pollutants. A new bioplastic made from wood byproducts may help solve one of the our...
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Detecting Litter Automatically with AI
From Hobart, to London, to Dhaka: using cameras and AI to build an automatic litter detection system It’s estimated about two million...
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Sea Shepherd Names Top Plastic Polluters
The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and Nestlé are ranked as the world’s top plastic polluters for the 3rd consecutive year according to Break...
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Study Links Plastic Ingestion and Dietary Metals in Seabirds
Even relatively few pieces of plastic can potentially have an impact on bird health, a new study finds.
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Ingested Single-use Plastics Create ‘Flying Rubbish Bins’
Throw it away? 'Away' is often a seabird's stomach.
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The Truth About Plastic Packaging and Recycling
Media release – Waste Management & Resource Recovery Association of Australia, 11 August 2020 Plastic Wars – the truth about packaging and recycling...
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Get Plogging!
Care about both fitness and clean environments? Maybe you should go for a plog.
