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Plastic in the Ocean: Too Late To Fix?

Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss Boyan Slat, debris, garbage, gyre, ocean, Pacific, patch, plastic, The Ocean Cleanup

Dutch inventor Boyan Slat hopes his marine plastic collector will help solve the growing problem of too much plastic in the ocean.

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Is Polyester Fleece Trashing Our Oceans?

Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Algalita, Charles Moore, fleece, garbage, gyre, marine ecosystems, microfiber, microplastic, nylon, oceans, Patagonia, patch, plastic, polyester, recycling, Rozalia Project, waste

Polyester fleece clothing sure is cozy and comfy, but it just may be trashing our oceans by shedding microfibers in our washing machines that are too small for wastewater treatment facilities to filter out.

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NY Middle School Get Serious About Composting

E The Environmental Magazine compost, composter, composting, Environmental Protection Agency, food waste, garbage, Hommocks, Mamaroneck, middle school, recycle, recycling, reduce, reuse, Rocket, school, Westchester

Hommocks Middle School, supported by the Town of Mamaroneck, is the first public school in New York to launch a Rocket Composter, which will remove food waste from the waste stream and reduce trucking and disposal costs to the Peekskill facility that burns Westchester’s garbage. At the same time, the Rocket Composter – made possible by a grant from the […]