Plastic Beach

the US government approach regarding the use of plastic material. In case study revealed Lake Apopka, Florida’s third largest lake encountered a chemical spill in 1980 abolishing alligator population and other agricultural affect with endocrine disrupters. The function of plastic provides utilization in our day to day life. Products manufacture creates flexible material cause to exist it in our society though convenient in our day to day use. Plastic contribute our society in unique meaning…

Photosynthesis Literacy Task Final Draft There are two different types of Christmas trees you can get during the holidays. There is a fake tree and a real tree. The fake tree is made up of plastic pine needles and it has a stand. The real one’s are natural and are from the wilderness. Some people would consider real trees because they are nicer, but the fake trees should be the best choice. The fake trees are cheaper than the real ones. The fake trees are also good because we need the real…

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Microplastic pollution in the Great Lakes is a fairly new environmental issue, but it is growing rapidly and requires our attention in order to minimize and ultimately stop it. Microplastics are plastic particles in smaller size scales, usually particles less than 5 millimeters in diameter (Eerkes-Medrano et al. 2015). Recent research has documented microplastics in ocean habitats worldwide and specifically in the Laurentian Great Lakes and studies have found that microplastics interact with…

If you are someone who likes to build things yourself, then you may already be familiar with the woods that are available to you. Ideally, for your next project you will have a good idea of what type of wood you want to use, but if you don't, you'll have to figure this out. This may seem like a setback, but whether you have build something before or are new to this, it is really a chance to be reminded of or learn about the benefits associated with the many wood species out there. Here's what…

Plastics today go hand and hand with the lifestyles people live in the United States. Plastic is used in also every medium of my day, like many other people would agree, as its use is unavoidable. I use plastic for containers holding soap and makeup, mediums for food and beverages, and many others things. With plastic having so much prevalence today, it’s hard to believe that it can also have adverse side effects on the body as well. Phthalates are used in the production of plastic to allow it…

Microbeads are small plastic beads found in hygiene products, cosmetics, and over-the-counter drugs. They are primarily used as an exfoliator in many facial and body scrubs, and there are often around 300,000 of them in a single tube of soap. These tiny, insignificant beads don’t seem as though they could have a negative effect on anything, but microbeads are causing enormous problems for people, and the environment. Microbeads are made from polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene…

and effects that plastic has on us and our environment, we can reduce the amount of plastic that our school uses. Purpose The 7th and 8th graders at All Saints Catholic School have been learning about plastics and we have learned some pretty sad things, like 100,000 marine creatures die from plastic entanglement each year and these are only the ones found! We wanted to something but didn't know what. Then our class came up with an idea, lets try to do reduce the amount of plastic in our…

I. Executive Summary Right now there is close to 5 million metric tons of Plastic waste in the ocean, and Toronto alone is responsible for using 100 million plastic bottles a year. Most of these bottles just end up in landfills even though there are many plastic recycling centers around the world, especially in Canada. Plastics R’ Us is an Idea for a company that allows plastic waste to be shredded to dust. This dust could be used to make products ranging from book covers to supplies for…

so much litter. It was so easy for us as a community to just properly dispose of our trash, but we never did. All around school there were candy wrappers, biscuitville bags, plastic water bottles and other various items that never seemed to make their way into the trash cans. In my neighborhood there were cans, cups, and plastic bags. It felt like my home and community was being consumed by trash, so I decided to do something about it. I decided to voluntarily pick up trash around my school and…