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Toxic Soup of Plastic Debris, Twice the Size of US, Forms in the Pacific Ocean

It is twice the size of the continental United States, yet you cannot
set foot on it. Scientists have named it "Plastic Soup", and
appropriately so. Floating in the Northern Pacific Ocean lays a huge
expanse of plastic refuse. This garbage patch is actually two attached
areas on either side of Hawaii, known as the Western and Eastern Pacific Garbage Patches.

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Petition Brita to Recycle Used Filters

You probably didn't know that Brita, America's #1 water filter, is owned by Clorox. Brita helps its customers feel good about filtering water without buying untold numbers of plastic bottles. Indeed, the Brita filter option is much better than purchasing bottled water. With that said, the U.S. version of the Brita filter is currently designed to be disposable. Hundreds of thousands of plastic Brita filters needlessly flow into U.S. landfills, while in Europe, the same company is providing those cartridges in a recyclable form. As a result, Brita is currently being pressured by consumers and TakeBacktheFilter.org to change its policies. Learn more about how you can send in your used Brita filters to pressure the company to make the green shift: http://www.takebackthefilter.org

Plastic Recycling Codes

Wondering what those codes mean? This handy guide briefly explains what they mean, how environmentally friendly they are, and what the health risks are.