Dr Kathy Townsend has been researching turtle deaths in the Brisbane/Moreton Bay region for many years. I met her at a fundraiser several years ago and her passion for turtles is s great as mine. Here she interviewed on the…
Further to my previous article, here are 5 strategies to reduce the impact of plastics on our environment. 1. Reduce the use Source reduction – Retailers and consumers can select products that use little or no packaging. Select packaging materials…
Misconception # 1: Plastics that go into a curbside recycling bin get recycled. Not necessarily. Collecting plastic containers at curbside fosters the belief that, like aluminum and glass, the recovered material is converted into new containers. In fact, none of…
I posted this late last year but it is so good that here it is again.
I have often heard people talking about plastic bottles and products and saying ‘it’s O.K they are PET’ or ‘PETE’. Then they turn the bottle over and say ‘see this symbol, it means it has been recycled once or twice…
The media only show one side of sharks. They show shark attacks and show them in a bad light. They make us fear sharks however if people saw sharks acting like they do in this video, people would change their…
I have held this video back for quite some time on the basis that it will be disturbing to so many people. However it is reality and if you watch this and don’t make a change to your plastic habits,…
It’s amazing how many movies there are out there that tell the simple message to Ban the bag. This one simply says Bag it. But if so many people know about the issue, why is it still happening? Is it…
This is a fantastic video on the story of Bottled water. By http://storyofbottledwater.org
A major issue to our oceans are water bottles and their caps. One clean up in the Whitsundays in 2010 pulled 1,564 water bottle caps off one beach near Hamilton Island. For some reason we are all willing to buy water…