Consider the impact of plastic water bottles, which take as long to biodegrade.
Engineering problems unique to a craft made of plastic water bottles forced the catamaran to make unscheduled stops, as has unpredictable weather.
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They stumbled toward us, clutching plastic water bottles and their gear, and were introduced to Doug Wankel, who led the way down the hill.
In one disused garage, littering the floor, we found foil-covered plastic water bottles, used for smoking crack cocaine, and tell-tale slivers of silver foil used for smoking heroin.
Unifi, for example, developed its own brand of yarn called REPREVE, which is made from industrial waste and clear plastic water bottles, and is used primarily by apparel manufacturers.
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And since the band is big on green alternatives, Page recycles his plastic water bottles, filling them up with tap water, shampoo or lotion, which he then totes along.
The L512 laptop contains 18 percent post consumer content (PCC) total, making it the industry's highest amount of PCC in a laptop.3 Each L Series laptop saves the equivalent of 10 plastic water bottles.
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As I settled into the car, a battered Toyota Solara, Lanier apologized for the condition of the front seat, the footwell of which was cluttered with old magazines, half-empty plastic water bottles, and a squashed box of tissues.
Cargill's NatureWorks division deploys bacteria to turn corn into a biodegradable plastic for water bottles, clothing and food packaging.
It is now possible, for example, to transform plastic mineral-water bottles into necklaces of shimmering shells.
Makers of plastic bottles for water and milk, for example, have faced a shortage of high-density polyethylene since the hurricanes.
Janssen says that other common household items like plastic baby bottles and water filter pitchers contain bisphenol A, a chemical that mimics estrogen and has been linked in animals to infertility, enlarged prostates, abnormal chromosomes, obesity and insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes.
Bottle water from your own faucet in plastic soda bottles, and gather canned goods you already have in the pantry.
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Shoppers now buy mineral water in rarely-recycled plastic rather than glass bottles, which even the communists recycled.
Scientists have just unveiled an easy-to-use, inexpensive method for removing arsenic from contaminated drinking water using chopped up bits of discarded plastic bottles.
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The new windpipe was designed and fabricated from the same type of plastic that is used to make soft-drink and water bottles.
Water gushed onto the pavement and halves of clear plastic bottles fell to the ground.
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What water there was came from the Americans, in plastic bottles, stacked inside the base.
After bathing at sangam, people fill up plastic bottles, jars, and pots with the river water to take it home with them.
Because of concerns that plastic bottles create too much waste, experts say bottled water could be hit by a public backlash similar to the one that has whipsawed the soda industry with pushes for bans and taxes.
New this year is a three-storey circular light installation entitled Rising Moon, made from 7, 000 plastic bottles and other recyclable materials floating on a pool of water in Victoria Park.
Or should I reach back into the bag amid the discarded soda cups, shredded plastic bags, losing lottery tickets and cigarette-butt-filled water bottles to rescue the beer cans and soda bottles, and return them to the supermarket for the deposit?
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