Plastic Soup - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plastic Soup write by Michiel Roscam Abbing. This book was released on 2019-04. Plastic Soup available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very properties that make them attractive--they are cheap to make, light, and durable--spell disaster when trash makes its way into the environment. Plastic Soup: An Atlas of Ocean Pollution is a beautifully-illustrated survey of the plastics clogging our seas, their impacts on wildlife and people around the world, and inspirational initiatives designed to tackle the problem. With striking photography and graphics, Plastic Soup brings plastic pollution to brilliant life for readers. According to some estimates, if we continue on our current path, the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by the year 2050. Created to inform and inspire readers, Plastic Soup is a critical tool in the fight to reverse this trend.
Let's Investigate Plastic Pollution
Let's Investigate Plastic Pollution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Let's Investigate Plastic Pollution write by Ruth Owen. This book was released on 2018-09-01. Let's Investigate Plastic Pollution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Plastic pollution is one of the most damaging environmental issues we face today. And no one is more passionate about solving this problem and protecting our world than kids! This new title in the Get Started With STEM series gives young science enthusiasts all the information they need to investigate and do their part to help solve this problem now and for the future. Packed with facts, discussion topics, imaginative ideas for activities, experiments, and investigations, this book will have students eager to use their science skills and knowledge to tackle plastic pollution head on.
Somebody Swallowed Stanley
Somebody Swallowed Stanley - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Somebody Swallowed Stanley write by Sarah Roberts (Children's story writer). This book was released on 2014. Somebody Swallowed Stanley available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste
Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste write by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. This book was released on 2022-09. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is now found in almost every marine habitat, from the ocean surface to deep sea sediments to the ocean's vast mid-water region, as well as the Great Lakes. This report responds to a request in the bipartisan Save Our Seas 2.0 Act for a scientific synthesis of the role of the United States both in contributing to and responding to global ocean plastic waste. The United States is a major producer of plastics and in 2016, generated more plastic waste by weight and per capita than any other nation. Although the U.S. solid waste management system is advanced, it is not sufficient to deter leakage into the environment. Reckoning with the U.S. Role in Global Ocean Plastic Waste calls for a national strategy by the end of 2022 to reduce the nation's contribution to global ocean plastic waste at every step - from production to its entry into the environment - including by substantially reducing U.S. solid waste generation. This report also recommends a nationally-coordinated and expanded monitoring system to track plastic pollution in order to understand the scales and sources of U.S. plastic waste, set reduction and management priorities, and measure progress.
Plastic-Free
Plastic-Free - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Plastic-Free write by Beth Terry. This book was released on 2015-04-21. Plastic-Free available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Guides readers toward the road less consumptive, offering practical advice and moral support while making a convincing case that individual actions . . . do matter.” —Elizabeth Royte, author, Garbage Land and Bottlemania Like many people, Beth Terry didn’t think an individual could have much impact on the environment. But while laid up after surgery, she read an article about the staggering amount of plastic polluting the oceans, and decided then and there to kick her plastic habit. In Plastic-Free, she shows you how you can too, providing personal anecdotes, stats about the environmental and health problems related to plastic, and individual solutions and tips on how to limit your plastic footprint. Presenting both beginner and advanced steps, Terry includes handy checklists and tables for easy reference, ways to get involved in larger community actions, and profiles of individuals—Plastic-Free Heroes—who have gone beyond personal solutions to create change on a larger scale. Fully updated for the paperback edition, Plastic-Free also includes sections on letting go of eco-guilt, strategies for coping with overwhelming problems, and ways to relate to other people who aren’t as far along on the plastic-free path. Both a practical guide and the story of a personal journey from helplessness to empowerment, Plastic-Free is a must-read for those concerned about the ongoing health and happiness of themselves, their children, and the planet.
