Plastic Pollution by William Swiney https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe en-us 2019-12-04 15:57:06 UTC 2020-01-15 16:20:40 UTC hello@padlet.com The Extent of Plastic Pollution. swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420292004 2019-12-05 15:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420292004 Beach Clean up swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420293788 2019-12-05 15:57:56 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420293788 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420297655 2019-12-05 16:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420297655 91% of plastic isn't recycled swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420299337 2019-12-05 16:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420299337 Plastic in the Ocean swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420303456 2019-12-05 16:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420303456 220lb of trash in whale swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420312752 Last week, a ten-year-old whale was found dead on a beach in Scotland. A necropsy revealed 220 pounds of plastic and other trash congealed in clumps in his digestive system. ]]> 2019-12-05 16:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420312752 only 12 percent of the worlds plastic as been incinerated swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420314421 Plastic takes more than 400 years to degrade, so most of it still exists in some form. Only 12 percent has been incinerated.]]> 2019-12-05 16:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420314421 Only 9 percent of Plastic has been recycled swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420315974 Of the 8.3 billion metric tons that has been produced, 6.3 billion metric tons has become plastic waste. Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. ]]> 2019-12-05 16:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420315974 Animals eat Trash swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420316952 2019-12-05 16:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/420316952 Plastic is a pressing issue swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421680232 Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues.]]> 2019-12-09 16:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421680232 Little evidence swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421689598 2019-12-09 16:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421689598 Recycling won't help swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421690735 2019-12-09 16:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/421690735 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422252955 Plastic pollution can afflict land, waterways and oceans. It is estimated that 1.1 to 8.8 million metric tons (MT) of plastic waste enters the ocean from coastal communities./ There is a huge gap in difference, if plastic pollution was a big problem there would be say 7 to 8 not 1 to 8 that is a 7 metric ton of difference.]]> 2019-12-10 16:21:17 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422252955 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422257937 2019-12-10 16:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422257937 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422263561 2019-12-10 16:37:55 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422263561 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422264605 2019-12-10 16:39:21 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422264605 swineywilliams https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422269571 "although so far there is no evidence of any harm to people."- mcgill.ca]]> 2019-12-10 16:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/422269571 fordcalliel https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431931707 2020-01-15 16:16:56 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431931707 fordcalliel https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431932383 2020-01-15 16:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431932383 fordcalliel https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431934362 2020-01-15 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/swineywilliams/whu6ho6alqe/wish/431934362