Plastic pollution causes enormous damage to marine life and the environment, and the biggest problem is that about 30 % of plastic used is single-use. Our homes are full of plastic products that end up in the trash. Although they seem practical, we throw them away after just one use. This plastic is not only the worst for the environment, but also the most used. We bring you the worst single-use plastic items we use almost every day.

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We all know that the disposal of plastic bottles has the lion's share of the global climate crisis. But are we really aware of this? In a world that produces 300 million pieces of plastic annually, we desperately wish we had other options! This is where the Dutch company Avantium can come to our aid. With the support of major companies such as Coca-Cola, Carlsberg and Danone, they are developing a "vegetable plastic" that could replace the classic plastic used in food chains.

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At CES 2020, Aō Air presented a gas mask that not only cleans the air, but is also a kind of fashion accessory.

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Any attempt to save the planet is doomed to failure as long as we Earthlings make UNFRIENDLY decisions for the sake of capital. If you don't know what we're talking about, check out 10+ examples of plastic packaging littering the planet that you should be ashamed of. It will be clear to you that we are deeply in trouble.

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It is no secret that we live on a planet that is barely breathing through its gills due to human actions. And what would humanity be without zealots who really care about the Earth and try to warn us that our "hands" have destructive consequences? Andreas Franke tackled this with the help of the Plastic ocean project.

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Vancouver grocer East West Market has come up with an interesting way to get customers to stop using plastic bags – and it's probably right, because the Earth will thank you!

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Companies that follow global trends strive above all to operate in an environmentally friendly way - recently the most pressing problem is plastic pollution, which MakeGrowLab and their

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Delivery company UPS has joined forces with some of the world's most popular brands and recycling company Terracycle. In this way, he wants to start the fight against plastic pollution.

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Recently, environmental activists have been paying more and more attention to marine pollution. How not, when the world's seas are slowly but steadily turning into a waste dump.

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More and more people are aware that our planet is in danger. While some are just talking, others are actually doing something: cleaning beaches, making products from plastic from the oceans, and even building small farms and eco-friendly cities. Here are 11 inspiring stories of people doing miracles every day to save our dear Earth.

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Well, we're not really surprised, right? The air in some parts of the world is so polluted that people have to walk around wearing protective masks. And when we inhale such air, we inhale poison, which first settles in the lungs, and then (obviously) continues its journey elsewhere. However, it is said to threaten fertility.

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Are you an enthusiastic runner and do you think keeping the environment clean is extremely important? Join the largest environmental movement in Slovenia. Can more than 100 of us gather?

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The sparrows on the branches are already chirping that our planet is facing problems, including pollution. We seem to know how to draw attention to this in all possible creative ways. Well, maybe it is precisely the creative way that will push us forward. At Taiwan's Faculty of Arts, three students came up with a way to show the problem of Earth pollution. They called it "Polluted Water Popsicles" or "Polluted Water Lollipops".

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As long as we use fossil fuels, we will be able to deal with air pollution. Air-Ink is a device that is installed on the exhaust system and is responsible for catching car exhausts at the source. even before they leave the pipe and enter the atmosphere. Graviky Labs then cleans the collected particles of toxic elements and turns them into ink for pens and printers.

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China has been suffocating in smog again for the past few weeks. There are alarming conditions in many cities, as pollution with PM2.5 particles (these are even smaller and even more dangerous than PM10 particles, which they warn against in our country, as they penetrate even further into the lungs) exceeds the standards by 50 times. Due to the catastrophic pollution, the Chinese authorities ordered the cessation or operating restrictions at hundreds of factories across the country. From Beijing and elsewhere come eerie footage of cities shrouded in thick, gray and smelly fog.

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Photographer Benjamin Von Wong is a fan of underwater photography, and for the past year he has been tackling 'boring' topics such as climate change and wildlife conservation with his photographic projects. With their latest project, Mermaids Hate Plastic, they keep this trend going. This time he tackles plastic pollution. If the previous two subjects were much more grateful for the lens, this time too he managed to create fascinating scenes from seemingly unphotogenic subjects. He employed underwater girls and created a sea out of 10,000 bottles – the amount the average American would consume in a lifetime. The project draws attention to the pressing problem of plastic pollution.

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"Overdevelopment, Overpopulation, Overshoot" is a collection of photographs in which, in addition to touching essays, we find moving photographs showing the devastating effects of overpopulation.

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Beijing was recently hit by the season's first wave of extremely polluted air, shrouding the city in fog. The Chinese found themselves and watched the sunrise in their own way.

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