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Elizabeth Crawford

To End Food Waste, Change Needs To Begin At Home : The Salt : NPR - 0 views

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    Food is the largest single source of waste in the U.S. More food ends up in landfills than plastic or paper. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 20 percent of what goes into municipal landfills is food. Food waste tipped the scale at 35 million tons in 2012, the most recent year for which estimates are available.
mdicostanzo

Marine Debris: Prevention, Control, and Reduction: Vessel Waste - 0 views

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    Vessels of all sizes can be sources of marine debris. Fishing vessels can be sources of fishing nets, lines, lures, rope, bait boxes, and light sticks. Recreational boats, military and other government vessels, cargo ships, cruise ships, ferries, and charter boats can be sources of galley waste, trash, plastic bags, and other materials.
mdicostanzo

USS Calhoun County sailors dumped thousands of tons of radioactive waste into ocean - 1 views

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    Marine Debris - US Military dumping in ocean
scotoby

Too Valuable to Waste Program - 0 views

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    This is an awesome video. Showing what else you can do with recycling plastics. this is one of two videos.
ces7589

Plastic Bottle Schools - 5 views

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    By Meera Dolasia on April 19, 2011 Word Search With an estimated 12,500 plastic bottles being discarded every 8 seconds, environmentalists are trying to come up with new innovative uses for this synthetic waste that is rapidly filling our landfills and harming our marine life.
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    Catherine, the video clip actually made me misty. This is fantastic!
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