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Campaign Clears 34 Million Pounds: fundraiser beats #TeamSeas goal; microplastics still threaten food

The #TeamSeas initiative, spearheaded by YouTube stars MrBeast and Mark Rober, successfully eliminated more than thirty-four million pounds of marine debris. Following the triumph of a tree-planting event, over forty thousand content creators joined forces to raise awareness. Donations exceeded their initial goal of thirty million dollars within just sixty-five…

The Times of India · Sep 12

Madhya Pradesh’s Bittu Tabahi cleans polluted Ajnar river alone, gets job offer from The Ocean Cleanup after Kevin Pietersen praise

Surendra Singh Choudhary, known as Bittu Tabahi, received a job offer from The Ocean Cleanup. This development followed his solo effort to clean a polluted river which gained international attention. Former England cricketer Kevin Pietersen praised Choudhary’s initiative as heroic and deserving recognition. Choudhary began cleaning the Ajnar river after…

The Economic Times · Sep 7

Bittu Tabahi cleaned MP’s polluted Ajnar River by hand for months; now Dutch CEO says ‘come work for us’

A 20-year-old BSc student from Madhya Pradesh has gone from cleaning a polluted river by hand to receiving a public invitation from Boyan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup. Surendra Singh Choudhary, known online as Bittu Tabahi, has spent months removing waste from the Ajnar River, documenting the effort online…

The Economic Times · Sep 5

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Rotating garbage island bigger than many countries is floating in Pacific: This 1.6 million sq km patch contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic & is causing serious harm to nature

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch represents a vast area of ocean pollution, containing trillions of plastic pieces and thousands of tonnes of waste. A significant portion of this debris consists of discarded fishing gear. Marine life faces serious risks from ingesting plastic and becoming entangled in nets, ropes and other…

The Economic Times · Aug 28

Dutch teenager saw more plastic than fish while diving at 16, then removed millions of kilograms of plastic from the world's oceans and is still cleaning them: Meet Boyan Slat

At the age of 16, Boyan Slat expected to see colourful fish while scuba diving off the coast of Greece. Instead, he found plastic bags, bottles and other rubbish drifting through the water, leaving him with a question that would shape the rest of his life. Why were people cleaning…

The Times of India · Jul 16

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Transforming Into a Wildlife Hotspot — And That's a Problem

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so packed with long-lasting plastic that dozens of coastal species are living, breeding and spreading on it — forming a new 'neopelagic' ecosystem that could disrupt marine life and reshape oceans worldwide.

International Business Times UK · Nov 28, 2025

Coldplay’s New Album ‘Moon Music’ On Vinyl Will Be Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles

Coldplay just announced the release of their 10th album called 'Moon Music' which will be ground-breaking in sustainability. The post Coldplay’s New Album ‘Moon Music’ On Vinyl Will Be Made From Recycled Plastic Bottles first appeared on Bored Panda.

Bored Panda · Jun 25, 2024

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Philippines Deploys River Rangers In Battle Against Plastic

Using a long-handled net, Ronnel Narvas scoops up discarded plastic soft drink bottles, shopping bags and palm-sized sachets as he wades through a foul-smelling tributary in the Philippine capital Manila.

International Business Times · May 28, 2024

Top 10 Social Entrepreneurship Ventures Making A Difference

Discover the top 10 impactful social entrepreneurship ventures making a difference globally.

Dystopias are so 2020. Meet the new protopias that show a hopeful future

A Brief History of the Future, on PBS, is an example of a "protopian" show from a new production studio helmed by Kathryn Murdoch. She believes we need more hopeful stories abut the future.

WEKU · Apr 1, 2024

‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them

As a UN summit in Nairobi debates a treaty on plastic pollution, Richard Thompson, the biologist who first identified microplastics 30 years ago, explains why ocean cleanups and biodegradables will not solve a global crisis

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2023

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