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Month: April 2024

Is Plastic Recycling A Fraud?

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According to a recent new study published by Center for Climate Integrity (“CCI”), plastic producers have known for more than 30 years that recycling plastic is not an economically or technically feasible plastic waste management solution. “The companies lied…It’s time to hold them accountable for the damage they’ve caused”, said Richard Wiles, president of CCI. In order to recycle plastic, it needs to be sorted very carefully since most of the thousands of chemically distinct varieties of plastic cannot be recycled together. 

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This makes the process very expensive. Another challenge to recycling plastic is that the material degrades each time it is reused, meaning it can generally only be reused once or twice. The plastic industry is accused of knowing about these challenges for decades, and deliberately hiding this information in its marketing campaigns.

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A Truckload Of Plastic Being Dumped Into Oceans Every Minute

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According to researchers from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO and the University of Toronto in Canada, up to 11 million tonnes of plastic pollution is currently found on the ocean floor. This alarming number shows the urgent need for global action to reduce plastic waste and protect marine ecosystems.

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Every minute, an amount of plastic equivalent to a garbage truck’s load is dumped into the ocean. Experts estimate that the use of plastic will be doubled by 2040. The study has also stated that larger items such as nets, cups, and plastic bags, constitute a significant portion of the debris. Alice Zhu from the University of Toronto, who led the study, pointed out that the amount of plastic pollution on the ocean floor could be up to 100 times greater than that floating on the ocean’s surface.

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Fossil Of The Largest Snake Ever Discovered In Gujarat 

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Scientists have said that they have found fossils of a snake, which may have belonged to the largest snake that ever lived, in Kutch, Gujarat. 27 vertebrae from the snake, some believed to be in the original position they would have been in when the snake was alive, were found in a coal mine. 

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It is estimated that this snake may have lived 47 million years ago and it may have been longer than a Trex. It is also believed that the snake was around 15m long. Because of its size, it may have been a “slow-moving ambush predator”, similar to an anaconda. The newly discovered snake species has been named “Vasuki Indicus” (V. Indicus) after the mythical snake round the neck of the Hindu deity Shiva.

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First International Day of Play

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For the first time ever, the United Nations and Lego have partnered together and have scheduled the first International Day of Play on June 11, 2024. The main purpose of this event is to encourage children to play more and have fun. According to recent research involving more than 25,000 children across 36 countries, 3 in 5 children would like to play more than they do now.

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The research further states that four in five children would also like to play more with the parents or career. Further, children’s charity UNICEF estimates that as many as 160 million children across the world are currently working instead of playing or learning. The UN has a treaty that sets out universally accepted rights for children, including the right to play. The International Day of Play is the result of a campaign by charities and companies that came together to form a “global play movement”. More than 140 countries have agreed to participate.

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Mining Poses Great Threat For Apes 

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Mining for critical minerals in Africa is threatening the survival of great apes in Africa. The rising demand for minerals and other rare earth elements required for the transition to clean energy has led to a significant increase in mining in Africa. This is threatening the native animals with pollution, habitat destruction, and risk of meeting with an accident.

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Researchers looked at mining sites in 17 African nations and discovered that there was a significant overlap of mining with areas that have large populations of great apes, especially in the West African countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Mali, and Guinea. Guinea had the most significant overlap with more than 23,000-up to 83% of the ape population-directly or indirectly affected by mining activities. Researchers also found that the threat of mining to great apes in Africa has been greatly underestimated. In fact, more than one-third of the entire population (nearly 180,000 gorillas, bonobos, and chimpanzees) is at risk.

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