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http:\/\/www.sweep-net.org\/reducing-plastic-waste-through<\/a>\n\n28 February 2014\nClara Salina\n\nReducing plastic waste through barcode control: 60 year old material has\nalready fully polluted our Planet\n\nThe following wants to be a concrete proposal to scientists and\npoliticians to reduce plastic waste. It is offered for public discussion.\n\nWe all agree on one point: we must stop plastic pollution. Our oceans\ncannot afford it any longer: mammals and birds are dying, fishes are\neating million of pieces of micro plastic that eventually reach our food\nand the Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch`s insects are changing the natural\nenvironment.\n\nAfter many failed attempts to raise awareness about plastic pollution\namong friends and colleagues, trying to demonstrate the evidence of the\nexistence of an environmental enemy hidden behind plastic, I realized\nthat a possible solution which can bring forward a real change is revert\nthe general paradigm of plastic waste collection.\n\nPlastic material has two sides to it: a friendly one, giving us\nfacilities and an incredible quantity of useful devices, inert and not\ndangerous. And a less friendly one, which appears only after having used\nit, too often for only a few minutes, when it becomes waste material.\n\nUnfortunately any problem plastic provokes is too far from our daily\nlife and generally people understand only what they make experience of.\n\nThis is the reason why this problem must be solved by governments?\nrevolutionary decisions: there probably won?t be any short period change\nor demand bottom up, as everyday life facts show that awareness among\npeople has not been raised enough. Governments must be the authors of\nchange.\n\nThe proposal is simple.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
http:\/\/www.sweep-net.org\/reducing-plastic-waste-through 28 February 2014 Clara Salina Reducing plastic waste through barcode control: 60 year old material has already fully polluted our Planet The following wants to be a concrete proposal to scientists and politicians to reduce plastic waste. It is offered for public discussion. We all agree on one point: we must stop plastic pollution. Our oceans cannot afford it any longer: mammals and birds are dying, fishes are eating million of pieces of micro plastic that eventually reach our food and the Pacific Plastic Garbage Patch`s insects are changing the natural environment. After many failed attempts to raise awareness about plastic pollution among friends and colleagues, trying to demonstrate the evidence of the existence of an environmental enemy hidden behind plastic, I realized that a possible solution which can bring forward a real change is revert the general paradigm of plastic waste collection. Plastic material has two sides to it: a friendly one, giving us facilities and an incredible quantity of useful devices, inert and not dangerous. And a less friendly one, which appears only after having used it, too often for only a few minutes, when it becomes waste material. Unfortunately any problem plastic provokes is too far from our daily life and generally people understand only what they make experience of. This is the reason why this problem must be solved by governments? revolutionary decisions: there probably won?t be any short period change or demand bottom up, as everyday life facts show that awareness among people has not been raised enough. Governments must be the authors of change. 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