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Nov27

Find out more about plastic (III)

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Find out more about plastic (III)

Bottled water


Two million plastic beverage bottles, the number used in the US every five minutes (2007)

- one million plastic cups, the number used on airline flights in the US every six hours (2008)
- 60,000 plastic bags, the number used in the US every five seconds

see more statistics here.

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Oct23

Find out more about plastic (I)

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“7: Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical that mimics the action of the human hormone estrogen, can leach from polycarbonate plastic. [...] Of 115 published animal studies, 81 percent found significant effects from even low-level exposure to BPA. While none of the 11 industry-funded studies found significant effects, over 90 percent of government-funded studies did so.” (read more)

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy

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Oct20

Puterea exemplului

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Puterea exemplului


Povestea Vorbei aduce in vizor campania Eu iti dau oxigenul.
Ma bucura toate initiativele green… si totusi: a lipi plastic (material nebiodegradabil) in jurul copacilor intr-o miscare ecologica aduce aminte de vorbele lui Musatescu:

“Astazi baieti vom vorbi despre politete. Care esti bai boul ala din fund, de nu esti atent la ce spun eu?”

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P.S.: Mergand si eu pe ideea lor, scopul scuza mijloacele, le-am furat poza de mai sus spre exemplificare. Mai multe poze pe galeria lor foto.