Living Green Recycling
Recycling
Litter - the man made blight
Written by GHV Editorial Wednesday, 02 September 2009 18:29
Spring showers wash it into our lawns, collect it in the gutters by the roads, and consolidate it on storm drains. With no leaves as camouflage, we see the plastic bags caught on bare branches. Beer bottles, tin cans and Styrofoam cups nestle like Easter eggs under shrubs and bushes. Litter is a man-made blight on the American landscape.
Wave Bye Bye to Plastic Bags
Written by Shawn Dell Joyce Tuesday, 01 September 2009 19:46
Plastic bags have been dubbed the "national flower" in South Africa because so many can be seen flapping from fences and caught in bushes. Plastic bags have also become the most common man-made item seen by sailors at sea. According to Clean Up Australia, Australians use in excess of 6 billion plastic bags per year. If tied together these bags would form a chain that is long enough to go around the world 37 times. The term "white pollution" has been coined in China for the tumbleweed plastic bags blowing on the streets.
