Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Plastics and the Environment

Today on line has a video about an artist in Singapore who has created an 18 seater table resembling a beach, in order to focus people's eyes and minds on the fact the plastics are polluting the water and the seafood we eat, as well as the beaches.

On the table surrounding the plates are microplastics he found on the beach.

Microplastics are particles of plastic, after the plastic items have been tossed about in the sea, presumably for eeveral months.

What you can do:

Shoppers
1 Buy re-usable water bottles.
2 Buy metal straws.

Crafts and DIY enthusiasts
Shred thin plastic, heat it in a sandwich maker and turn it into thick multicolour plastic.

What the country's local council can do about recycling.
Invest in more recycling instead of burning plsatic which we have washed and sorted.
Local disintegrating bags for kitchen waste
Compost bins.
Use up leftover food.
Give away or sell off leftover food.
Recycling shops.
Recycling goods: eg plastic bottle tops made into murals.
Milk bottles made into watering cans or jugs.
Plastic bottles made into pencil boxes.

How Manufacturing can use receycling

Useful Websites

Angela Lansbury
Travel Writer.

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