Recycling Campaign Focused on Jobs Hits Home with Communities
The recycling, processing and manufacturing of recovered plastic bottles creates jobs for 3,500 people in North Carolina and South Carolina. https://www.waste360.com/recycling/recycling-campaign-focused-jobs-hits-home-communities Visit the Grade 8 Human Impact and Stewardship Module of the TMA BlueTech Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Congrats! You dump 100 plastic bottles in nature each year.
Dear typical American, You may not realize it, but every year you dump the equivalent of 100 plastic water bottles into the environment. And even those of you who are religious recyclers are not helping much. Here’s why: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/19/congrats-you-dump-100-plastic-bottles-nature-each-year/?arc404=true Visit the Grade 8 Human Impact and Stewardship Module of the TMA BlueTech Curriculum to see […]
A million bottles a minute: world’s plastic binge ‘as dangerous as climate change’
Exclusive: Annual consumption of plastic bottles is set to top half a trillion by 2021, far outstripping recycling efforts and jeopardizing oceans, coastlines and other environments. Read article and watch video. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jun/28/a-million-a-minute-worlds-plastic-bottle-binge-as-dangerous-as-climate-change Visit the Grade 8 Human Impact and Stewardship Module of the TMA BlueTech Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
As the human population continues to grow, so does our impact on the environment. In fact, recent research has shown that three-quarters of Earth’s land surface is under pressure from human activity. In this short film, spoken word artist Prince Ea makes a powerful case for protecting the planet and challenges the human race to […]
Straw in Sea Turtle’s Nose
A research team led by Christine Figgener (Texas A&M University) found a male olive ridley sea turtle during an in-water research trip in Costa Rica. He had a 10-12 cm PLASTIC STRAW lodged in his nostril and they removed it. This video shows graphically why plastic waste is detrimental to marine life, especially single-use plastics […]
Majestic Plastic Bag
Narrated by Academy Award-winner Jeremy Irons, this “mockumentary” video, hammers home the stark reality of California’s plastic bag pollution situation. Visit the Grade 6 Inquiry Launch Module of the TMA BlueTech Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
All the Way to the Ocean
To learn more about the storm drains and how trash gets into our waterways, watch the short movie based on the book, All the Way to the Ocean. Visit the Hands-On Investigations Module of TK/K Curriculum to see curriculum connections.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
A video introducing the concepts of reduce, reuse, and recycle. Visit the Hands-On Investigations Module of TK/K Curriculum to see curriculum connections.