Environmental pollution has existed for centuries but was gradually followed by the industrial revolution in the 19th century. This pollution occurs, when the natural environment can’t destroy an element without creating harm to itself. Major forms of pollution include ; 1. Air Pollution 2. Light Pollution 3. Noise Pollution 4. Soil Contamination 5. Water Pollution […]
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Plastic is a polymeric material, a material whose molecules are large, often resembling long chains made up of a seemingly endless series of interconnected links. Natural polymers such as rubber and silk exist in abundance, but nature’s “plastics” have not been implicated in environmental pollution, because they do not persist in the environment. Today, however,
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International Plastic Bag Free Day is celebrated every year on July 3. The aim is to encourage nations to start banning single-use plastics. Did you know that approximately 500 billion plastic bags are used worldwide? There are many environmental, climate, and economic crises caused by Plastic and plastic products. Plastic decays slowly. They are directly
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Zero Plastics is constantly doing its job throughout Sri Lanka , explaining to the general public the value of disposing of plastics properly and not using plastics , and believing that it has a responsibility to save the planet by carrying out various projects to that end . During this journey , we , the
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Zero plastic National movement would like to introduce the newest set of leaders; the executive committee of Zero plastic Colombo district club. We gladly welcome you all on behalf of all the force. President : Leonie Vaas Director Finance : Kumar De Silva Director Marketing : Pramila Silva Director Events : Randika Fernando Anyone who
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Plastic is one of the most talked about topics in the world . Because most people are not fully aware of the dangers of using plastic , people’s tendency to recycle plastic is very low . Because of that Eastman chemical looking to build another major plastics recycling facility . Given the seriousness of the
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It’s with great pleasure, Zero Plastic National Movement would like to announce that “GLOMARK Supermarket chain” has joined hands in the mission of creating a plastic free country. This can be considered as an significant step which is conducive to reduce the usage of plastic bags and make people shift for sustainable alternatives; thereby decrease
A team of researchers at the Polymer Research Institute at the University of Sichuan has been able to reduce the problem of plastics, a powerful environmental problem that is exacerbated by the current globalization. That is, they have released a bionic robot to remove the microplastics that have polluted the ocean. It is a
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Plastic waste is seriously harming our planet’s health. Single-use, broken, lost, and discarded plastic items alike do not decompose in nature, instead polluting our soil and waterways for thousands of years. A new generation of start-ups and research projects are developing plastic alternatives to try to stem the tide of plastic pollution. Plastic is cheap
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On June 25, 2022, zero plastic volunteers, who love nature and are constantly committed to the protection of nature, organized a beach cleanup project and awareness program on the “Moya” beach in Negombo. One team of zero plastic volunteers worked hard to clean up the moya beach, which was littered with decaying and non-perishable waste,
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