Some Interesting Approaches to Cleaning Up Plastic Pollution
We have seen some interesting approaches to cleaning up and
otherwise dealing with the issues of plastic pollution over the years, from
the fanciful to the grandiose to the simply quirky.
We're not big fans of generic 'fishing' for plastic. Partly because it
tends to be ineffective and inefficient, but mostly because it typically expends
fossil fuels in significant quantities for questionable overall benefit; more
trading one problem for another than solving a problem. And where we perceive
the nearly invisible micro- and nano-pollution as the biggest threat in real terms
(a fish or seabird is not going to eat a giant glass fishing net float), most of
these approaches don't even acknowledge the existence of micro- and nano-plastics,
lot alone remove them from the environment.
Still, if people are having fun or making a business of removing any plastic
from our wild environment, we have to commend their efforts. Including keeping
plastic out of the waste stream. And let's keep in mind,
not all the plastic packaging you acquire is recyclable, so some creativity in dealing
with that lot would be welcomed by a lot of people.
A New Wave of Gadgets Hits the Water to Clean up Plastic Trash
Turning Ocean Garbage Into Gold
Notes that plastic water bottles and their caps are different plastic types (1-PET and 5-PP),
and recyclers want them separated, not with the cap screwed back on.
Fishing for plastic: the Amsterdam canal tour with a difference
Trawling for Trash
6 awesome programs tackling ocean plastics
Collecting and Transforming Ocean Plastic
Plastic bags collected by students transformed into benches
Packaging - More Than Meets The Eye
How to reuse / recycle old cds
FROM THE HUMBLE MILK BAG TO THE TREASURED BED…OR THE FASHION BAG…
50 Garden Solutions You’ll Find In Your Trash
Waste-to-toys: the growing market for eco-friendly, high-quality toys
How to Make a USB Fan From Plastic Bottle
BOTTLES UP! Fiji’s First Recycled Plastic Bottle Boat
I think a competition between classes of students or between schools to build a boat from
waste plastic products, and then have a fun-day competition with them would be blast, if a
suitable waterbody is nearby.
Plastiki: sailing the seven seas on a boat made from 12,500 plastic bottles
Donating Plastics That Can’t Be Recycled
From waste to circular economy – ecoBirdy: A European Toy Story
[dead link: https://inhabitat.com/recycled-cd-spindle-bagel-holder/]
Recycled CD Spindle Bagel Holder
Fun with plastic bottles (don't tell your kids it might be educational)
20 Ways to Reuse and Recycle Empty Plastic Bottles
23 Creative Ways To Reuse Old Plastic Bottles
31 Creative Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles
Green Living: 20 Ingenious Ways to Reuse Plastic Bottles Instead of Trashing Them
17 Ingenious Ideas to Reuse Plastic Bottles
How to Make an Airsoft Rocket Out of Plastic Bottle (Water Rocket) - Tutorial (4-minute video)
[link times out: http://www.fabdiy.com/diy-plastic-bottle-wind-spinner/]
DIY Plastic Bottle Wind Spinner
Well, there's a selection to get you started. Search the Web to find more, or come up
with your own.
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