Legal Planet

OCTOBER 8, 2024

In 2022 alone, estimates of the amount of plastic waste leaked to land and into the ocean in California ranged from 121,324 to 179,656 tonnes—the equivalent of dumping 20 to 30 garbage trucks of plastic waste per day into California’s landscapes and waterways.” Even when we try to dispose of it responsibly or biodegrade it, we largely fail.

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Waste Fossil Fuels Recycling Ocean 264

Vermont Law

MARCH 9, 2015

Junk can be found everywhere—from the bellies of animals and the tissues of our own bodies to the world’s vast oceans. . To make matters worse, extracting oil as a basis for these textiles adds fuel to the global warming fire by sustaining a demand for fossil fuels and toxic contamination. through their .

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Ocean Biodegradable Rainforest Fossil Fuels 40

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Acidification : Reducing the pH rating of a substance making it more acidic in nature, for example, increased carbon emissions lead to the oceans absorbing more of it, increasing acidification and damaging ecology such as coral bleaching. Air emissions : Any gas emitted into the atmosphere from industrial or commercial activity.

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Government Law Waste Clean Air Act 52