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 Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 5:46 pm
I'm not sure I'd like to live there, but Plastic Island may be a cool place to visit if it works. According to this article, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch may have a future as a recycled island. I'm sure since the architect is planning to make the community fully sustainable he will also be looking for ways to keep the chemicals in the plastic from leeching into the environment. I would think since there is no soil there yet that most of the agriculture would be hydroponic. What do you think? What would you add to plastic island? Would you live there?
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Posted: Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:08 pm
Plastic is not chemically inert.
It needs to be removed from the ocean.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 3:44 am
I agree with removing it from the ocean. We need to stop using plastics in everyday life so much as well IMHO.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:04 am
[Kegan] Plastic is not chemically inert. It needs to be removed from the ocean. This.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:08 am
Everyone has already said the obvious. If the trash has been "leaching PCBs, Bisphenol A and other endocrine-disrupting polystyrene plastic compounds into the water" already, what is to stop it once it's compressed into an island? Yeah, nothing.
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:19 am
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Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:37 pm
 I since another epic fail coming on. They need to take it out of the ocean.
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Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 9:26 am
Here's some further information on the massive plastic garbage patch in the ocean. Check out the photo of that pelican filled with trash. This is horrible.
http://news.discovery.com/earth/how-much-plastic-is-in-the-ocean.html
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:38 am
Ellavemia Here's some further information on the massive plastic garbage patch in the ocean. Check out the photo of that pelican filled with trash. This is horrible. http://news.discovery.com/earth/how-much-plastic-is-in-the-ocean.html
All because there's no initiative nor mandatory laws towards recycling. Sigh. If only we'd take the hint from Japan and recycle 98% of the things we call "trash".
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Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 11:53 am
[Kegan] Plastic is not chemically inert. It needs to be removed from the ocean. i agree with him unless you want everone hopped up on female horomones, and call the place amazon....XD
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:50 am
Ellavemia Here's some further information on the massive plastic garbage patch in the ocean. Check out the photo of that pelican filled with trash. This is horrible. http://news.discovery.com/earth/how-much-plastic-is-in-the-ocean.html This is why I recycle. Poor bird! crying
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:02 pm
This, for the record, is why I almost obsessively try to lower my plastic consumption. Okay, not almost.
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