How is cigarette litter affecting the environment?
Litter driving consumerism
March 2, 2009 Leave a Comment
Picture yourself walking down the street on your way to work. As you are walking, you suddenly see an empty Starbucks cup in the gutter. The site of a dirty cup may not be pleasant, but the thought of hot, rich Starbucks coffee to jump start your morning is suddenly inviting. The next thing you [...]
EarthTalk: CDs? The next president’s environmental agenda?
July 28, 2008 1 Comment
Dear EarthTalk: What’s going on in the music industry with all the CDs and plastic CD holders undoubtedly generating a lot of plastic waste? – John S., via email According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), CDs and DVDs are typically manufactured by combining various mined metals (aluminum, gold, silver and nickel) with petroleum-derived plastics, [...]
EarthTalk: Litter? Cell phones and cancer?
Jan. 21, 2008 Leave a Comment
Dear EarthTalk: What is the impact of all the littering that individuals do, largely from their cars and on highways? What can I do to help clean it up? How can we strengthen laws to prevent it? — Won’t litter in Norwalk, CT Environmentalists consider litter a nasty side effect of our convenience-oriented disposable culture. [...]