A Styroplastical Earth

Is It The End, Or Just The Beginning? https://www.behance.net/gallery/16363751/Plastic-Pollution-Awareness-Campaign           For the past 10 weeks, I hope I made a positive impact in your lives in terms of plastic and Styrofoam pollution. We started from the beginning, but we are still living so we have to be thankful. This course, Science Communication in the Environmental Science and Sustainable Technology degree at UWI has made this journey possible and I thank my teachers very much. Indeed, I feel like I am leaving everyone, but something in my mind makes me want to continue and just like a favorite T.V. show, maybe a next season can be possible. As the quote states, "Action speaks louder than words", we need to recycle or even eliminate the use of plastic and Styrofoam. I am not saying to live on a mountain, I just want you to make at least one change, it might be a reusable bottle or a biodegradable container, won't you like a ...

Anti-Styroplastical Vision Queen's Royal College Environmental Club           Let's go back in time and rediscover my passion for the environment. I start with this because in life it is important to remember one's roots, it is the foundation for our achievements. So back in 2013, when I was a form 3 student at Queen's Royal College, Trinidad and Tobago; my Geography teacher, Mr. Peru instilled in my mind a consciousness of the environment. This was the key point in this positive change, that is the formation of the very own Queen's Royal College Environmental Club.           With this milestone, I became the president and throughout my life in this college, as a group we accomplished many things such as recycling and beautification. In particular, the recycling was a little tough with it being compared to garbage, but it became popular when points was given towards the sports day event. Entirely, it was an ...

Styrofoam: The Infinite Form Of Waste Or Is It? http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/08/despite-two-bans-styrofoa m-trash-still-plagues-haiti/           We use Styrofoam in our everyday lives. It may be a coffee one may be drinking to plates of food at a family gathering to prevent from washing dishes. No matter what, we have crossed paths with it in one way or the other. Indeed, it may seem great to keep something hot or provide many people with food, but what really happens after it is used? Most likely it ends up in the trash and further into landfills which according to Joe McCarthy, takes up around 30% of global landfill space. Infact, in his article, McCarthy talked about Styrofoam taking 500 years to decompose and a group of teens coming up with an innovative idea to recycle Styrofoam. 1           Due to the response of the amount of plastic pollution found at a trip to Central America, Lu...

Rethink Plastic? https://twitter.com/tjy511/status/953395126344323073    Hey Everyone! I am happy to be here again to discuss what is happening to our beautiful home, because nothing is perfect and awareness is important. Indeed, I hope you guys are doing well and making better choices, no pressure.  https://theplastic-project.com/2016/08/01/the-economy-of-recycling-plastic/    I am sure everyone know the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle) and this is great to know we are helping to make a positive change. However, according to Sirena Bergman, there is an error in recycling and I  want to suggest we use a 4 th R called ‘Rethink’. In her article, the carry-home message is, “recycling is an easy cop-out for governments and large corporations, but the truth is that we have to take very different action if we want to stop irreversibly poisoning the planet.” 1      When I think about it, business is business and if there is a barrie...