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Blogs
GreenCupboards – “Open the Door to Greener Living”
http://www.greencupboards.com
Everyday Trash – “A Closer Look at What We Throw Away”
http://everydaytrash.com
Reduce Plastic Waste: Plasticless (Martin Higgins) – “I started writing this blog after making a conscious decision to reduce the amount of plastic that I personally consume.”
http://plasticless.com/whats-a-blog-without-a-face/
Earth Girl (Sabine) – “I’m about caring, consideration, global consciousness and social responsibility. (And excellent indie music!)”
http://sabinetheearthgirl.wordpress.com
Blue World Alliance – “There is no green without blue.”
http://socialapproach.com/ocean-plastics
News Articles
I have plenty of these collected so far, on Facebook and otherwise, so stay tuned for postings here. Send me links to other ones you found, regarding anything trash related.
2009-10-01 PressDemocrat.com
“Supervisors ban bottled water for county workers”
2009-09-30 Walden University
“Is There Any Solution to Plastic Marine Debris?”
2009-09-23 SF Gate (SF Chronicle)
“San Jose, CA Plastic Bag Ban”
2009-09-23 WBTV
“NC Plastic Bottle Ban”
2009-09-16 NY Times
“Following Trash On Its Journey Through the Waste Disposal System – MIT”
2009-09-11 Brainstorm Tech
“San Francisco Gets Smart With Green Technology”
2009-07-18 Seattle Times
“Seattle Bag Fee on Ballot – Would it Change Our Habits?”
2009-07-16 BBC
“Retailers miss plastic bag target”
2009-07-15 BBC
“Wheelie bin man crushed to deathWheelie bin man crushed to death”
2009-07-14 BBC
“Tagging technology to track trash”
2009-07-07 Discover Magazine
“When Recycling Is Bad for the Environment”
2009-07-04 The Star (Toronto Edition)
“Green Bins: A Wasted Effort?”
2009-07-01 NY Times
“Street Farmer”
2009-06-27 Newsweek
“A Sickening Situation”
2009-06-23 CBC News
“Toronto politicians optimistic garbage strike will end soon”
2009-06-12 ABC News
“Making Cairo’s Garbage City Green”
2009-05-26 ABC News
“Trash Depot Near LaGuardia Runway Ruffles Feathers”
2009-05-18 NY Times
“Young Pakistanis Take One Problem Into Their Own Hands”
2007-10-19 SF Gate (SF Chronicle)
“Continent-size toxic stew of plastic trash fouling swath of Pacific Ocean”
2006-11 BestLife (Men’s Health)
“Our Oceans are Turning into Plastic. . . Are We?”
2005-11-11 Environmental Health Perspectives
“Rethinking Recycling”
2003-09 PERC Policy Series
“Eight Great Myths of Recycling”
Videos
Videos from other sources. . . mine are all on my YouTube Channel.
2009-10-06 Discovery Online (collection of videos on “garbage”)
Search on word “garbage”
2009-10-06 Greenpeace
Pacific Trash Vortex Animation
2008-04-07 GreenCupboards.com VBS.TV
Plastic Ocean Garbage Patch
2009-09-23 WBTV
“NC Plastic Bottle Ban”
2009-04-27 ABC News
“Trash Dams River in Romania”
Websites and Services
The Plastiki Expedition – “Building a 60-ft catamaran, made from reclaimed plastic bottles”
http://www.theplastiki.com
How Stuff Works
Why is the world’s biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean?
Bag the Planet – “Our Bag is Saving the Planet”
http://www.bagtheplanet.com
UNEP – United Nations Environmental Programme Regional Seas
Marine Litter Programme Publications
Joint Ocean Commission
http://www.jointoceancommission.org
This includes a link to the White House Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force’s Interim Report, released 2009-09-18 (the day before Coastal Cleanup 2009)
Ocean Conservancy
http://www.oceanconservancy.org
Save the Bay – “The Bay Versus The Bag” (among other campaigns)
http://www.savesfbay.org
The Green Life (Sierra Club) – “Ideas for living well and doing good from Sierra magazine”
http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife
Frogbox – “The Right Way to Move”
http://www.frogbox.com
