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Ocean Garbge TWICE the Size of Texas ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, garbage, oceans, habitat, protection, nature )

Cher
- 112 days ago - change.org
Please take action for a "CLEAN" environment, and urge YOUR Congressmember, Federal Representative, State Senator, and State Representative to start caring about the environment.
14 comments
Sign Petition: Global Emission and Waste Reform NOW
Environment  (tags: environment, CO2emissions, waste, garbage, ocean, landfills, pollution, recycling, nature, protection, globalwarming, Sustainabililty, wildlife, habitat, conservation, corporations, economy, health, disease, prevention, safety, politics, government )

Tom
- 189 days ago - change.org
Our government's goal is to reduce pollution by 83% by 2050. The health of the people comes before corporations or the economy. We should eliminate endless landfills, trash, and gigantic garbage patches in oceans through planning and recycling by 2020.
24 comments
Ocean Taskforce: Toxic Plastics Killing Marine Life! TAKE ACTION!
Environment  (tags: plastic, garbage, pollution, killing marine life, animals, protection, wildlife, environment, destruction )

Cher
- 247 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The enormous stew of trash - which consists of 80 percent plastics and weighs some 3.5 million tons, say oceanographers - floats where few people ever travel, in a no-man's land between San Francisco and Hawaii.
5 comments
Call for National Container Refund - Australia
Environment  (tags: australia, clean up australia, bottles, cans, refund, nation, garbage )

Chrissy
- 663 days ago - news.com.au
CLEAN Up Australia has urged governments across the nation to follow the example of South Australia and introduce a national drinks container refund scheme. The organisation's annual rubbish report, released today, showed nearly 40 per cent of the 8000 to
8 comments
Impact on the Environment
Environment  (tags: environment, ecosystems, pollution, plastic, garbage, oceans )

Brian
- 685 days ago - independent.com.mt
The world's oceans are being polluted by plastic waste to a degree never before realized. n the middle of the Pacific Ocean, in an area known as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, lies a floating garbage patch of plastic twice the size of Britain!!!
4 comments
Giant Garbage Patch Floating in Pacific : Science Technology
Environment  (tags: science, pollution, Garbage, Plastic, oceans )

Jonathan
- 770 days ago - earthtimes.org
An enormous island of trash twice the size of Texas is floating in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between San Francisco and Hawaii California Coastal Commission in San Francisco said the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch, has been growing a brisk rate si
30 comments
   

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