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I think this topic is very timely given the plastic bag ban coming last month.

As such, this whole video made me wonder about one thing – when recycling programs have existed for years, isn’t this a sign that they have been a colossal failure?

And as a result, shouldn’t reform of these programs become a part of addressing this problem? Because I…[Read more]

Personally, what I found surprising is that the plastic problem is so acute here.

I’ve heard many times about how plastic can contaminate our waters. However, when it’s covered in the media, it usually covers what is happening in the big oceans (the Pacific, the Atlantic). There hasn’t been much coverage on our local waterways.

The plastic…[Read more]

These were very informative videos.

My questions are as follows – according to the Global Impacts video, the transform boundary that used to lie off the West Coast has now been absorbed by it. As time goes by, will this fault travel further inland into North America?

Also, given all these ongoing plate movements, will a new version of Pangaea…[Read more]