McDonald’s announced another move targeting the plastic straw. The company will now phase out plastic straws across Australia by 2020, instead opting for alternatives made out of biodegradable paper!
— Read on www.onegreenplanet.org/news/mcdonalds-ditch-plastic-straws-australia/
Why is an American company in America so far behind the same company in other countries in implementing green initiatives in their own stores?
The research, led by Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman, found that concentrations of plastics in areas of the Great Lakes are equal to or even greater than those reported in the ocean. Rochman and her lab team carried out studies in Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, and Lake Huron and found that nearly all collected fish contained microplastics.
— Read on www.onegreenplanet.org/news/fish-tested-great-lakes-contain-microplastics/