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… … Susan Vogt had doubts about efforts by Brazil's Rio de Janeiro Archdiocese to recycle plastics . "This is good," she wrote, "BUT what happens to the plastics collected? The article said it was sent to somewhere in Canada. Of course that means … solution is to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics, thus driving the producers of plastic to change to produce other commodities. This would also help reduce the pollution that …

… looked across the highway at the lush sugarcane fields and wetlands where Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Group planned to build one of the largest plastics factories in the world. The … Group, the complex will manufacture ethylene and propylene used to produce a wide range of plastic goods. Formosa promises 1,200 new jobs with annual salaries averaging $84,700, plus …

… The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro has launched a partnership with a Canadian company to reduce plastic disposal into the oceans. Church officials said the venture with Plastic Bank offers a … at the Our Lady of Penha Sanctuary to mark its start. "With simple gestures, we will eliminate plastics from our homes, streets and rivers, and prevent them from reaching the oceans," the …

… said. The migrant workers watched as the team arrived and quickly unloaded tables, chairs and plastic totes full of equipment and set them up under the portico. Braulio Franco, a FLOC …

… more than 10-year-old vehicles in Ghana and the poor are protesting. Government wants to ban plastics and the poor are protesting. So, if we begin to apportion the blame, we will not get …

… we do not allow ourselves to face and feel pain, we run the risk of entombing ourselves in a plastic bubble where our lies about life shrink our hearts and limit our vision. It is not …

… the Florida coast. What with hungry crabs, birds and fish watching for them, and hazards like plastics and industrial fishing nets to dodge, they stand between one chance in 1,000 and one in …

… odds are against them, as hatchlings face hungry predators, and adult turtles risk ingesting plastic or getting tangled in fishing gear. The marked nests were also evidence of how … "We're working on conservation efforts to educate people about beach litter, particularly plastics, going into the ocean," Maline said. Plastics often resemble jellyfish, which look like …

… Christians and Muslims came together  to care for their common home by cleaning up garbage and plastic along the coast on the island of Palawa. And remember Tahlequah, the killer whale that …

… (even though more than half of all bottled water comes from the tap ), leading to mountains of plastic waste that often ends up in the oceans or exported to low-income countries . What steps … Stone for Grist. With the future looking bleak for fossil fuels, oil companies are betting on plastics , and African countries could suffer the consequences, write Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael … Times. Industry representatives are asking the U.S. government to pressure Kenya to relax its plastic bag ban and keep importing plastic waste. Power plants contributed most to increased CO2 …

… is and weigh it, if you have a scale. How much of your week's waste consists of food scraps? Plastic? Paper? Other items? How could you reduce it? Keep track for the rest of the Season of …

… her parents to go vegetarian too!), and it was around then when she noticed the problem of plastic ocean pollution as well as how the climate crisis will affect human civilization. "I …

… the ways that Black people and other people of color are disproportionately harmed by plastic pollution .  The Evangelical Environmental Network reports that more than 53,000 pro-life …

… landslides, droughts and desertification — only to find polluted air, contaminated waters, plastic pollution and floods in urban areas. A presentation by  Green Climate Campaign Africa  at … it?  … As an individual I have focused my activism on the climate crisis and the impact of  plastic pollution . My posters have messages like "Our Actions, Our Future", "People Over Profit" …

… a murderer.   Ward watched as a group of young activists covered the statue with a black plastic sheet and placed a chain around its neck. It felt liberating, she said. "The church still …

… tri-angular black forms emerging from (not  in ) a field of white that was inspired by the Neo-Plasticism of Piet Mondrian but risked unmooring his elegant harmonies with slashing diagonal …

… the New York Times' weekly newsletter, has a couple of items of interest this week : a plastic-free challenge (one way you can celebrate Plastic Free July) and advice on finding the most eco-friendly masks. Looking for a good summer …

… which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can …

… small businesses in India, as well as constructing shipping pallets from lighter, recyclable plastics and upgrades for utilities to increase energy efficiency. The Climate Solutions Funds …

… is fueled by racism, economic greed and reckless disregard for basic civil and human rights." Plastic particles the equivalent of  as much as 300 million plastic bottles  rain down each year in national parks and wilderness areas in the West alone. …