Plastic Waste on Beaches II
I’m attaching a link to a Google Document I created with my updated “Plastic Waste on Beaches II” data and writing. The figures might not come in but if you’re curious, let me know!
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Abstract
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Plastic is everywhere!
Sundays are never fun-days. But since my capstone is awesome, it turned out to be a not-so-bad day after all. I’m posting the titles of the articles I read today, with a little description of each, followed by a quick conclusion. I’ll be adding this info to my Plastic Debris on Beaches section tomorrow. Papers:…
Solution: Stop it at the source…
Interesting article found via Washington Post! The best solution to the plastic problem? Stop the plastic from ever getting INTO the ocean! The Pacific Ocean’s Garbage Patch needs more study
SPI
In case you were wondering (because I was), SPI stands for the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc. These guys came up with the resin identification code (in 1988, a great year)! I have been wondering about this ever since I got interested in plastics and finally found an answer. You might have seen these…
Updates!
WOW. I’ve gone from having a dreary, boring blue header to something more appropriate to the subject material literally overnight…that’s right, 7 In the Ocean got a face lift. All courtesy of my wonderful boyfriend, Craig Winslow (click here) whose idea it was to start this blog in the first place. I’m psyched! I dreamed…