Creamy Carbonara with Tempeh “Bacon” [Vegan]
Creamy Carbonara with Coconut Bacon [Vegan]
Impossible Foods Launches 8 New Plant-Based Frozen Meal Bowls
Show Off Your BBQ and Grilling Skills on Labor Day With These ‘Meaty’ Vegan Recipes
PETA Campaign Saves Countless Animal Lives by Pushing Huge Change in Postgraduate Medical Training
Fran the Beloved 50-Foot Humpback Whale Found Washed Up Dead on Beach in California After Being Struck by Ship
Vegan Animal Loving Couple Takes Wedding Photoshoot With Favorite Rescue Sheep
Impossible Foods Launches 8 New Plant-Based Frozen Meal Bowls
NYC Announces New Effort to Monitor Air Quality to Reduce Pollution
Man Helps Three Little Chipmunks Escape a Deep Windowsill
In the Wake of SCOTUS Undermining the Environment, Here’s How We the People Take Our Power Back
Sadhguru’s Save Soil Movement Has Solution to Global Agricultural Land Degradation – Presented at COP15
Why Bioenergy Can’t Play a Meaningful Role in Tackling the Environmental Emergency
What Is the Environmental Cost of Renewable Energy’s Dependency on Traditional Extraction Methods and Are There Better Ways?
Can You Eat Meat and Be Eco-Friendly?
5 Ways Restaurants Can Improve Their Impact on the Planet
Investigate Cruel Abusive Goat Farm, Decriminalize Same-Sex Marriages in Singapore, Tell Senate to Ban Assault Weapons and More: 10 Petitions to Sign this Week to Help People, Animals, and the Planet
New Petitions to Sign This Week: Protect Amazon Rainforest from Mining Companies, Demand Justice for Freya the Walrus, Decriminalize Cannabis on the Federal Level, and More!
Demand Justice For Freya the Walrus, Pass Safe Harbor Laws to Keep Abortion Accessible, Make Dog Tethering Illegal in North Carolina: 10 Petitions to Sign this Week to Help People, Animals, and the Planet
New Petitions to Sign This Week: Call on Thailand to Save Bumblebee Bats, Support Domestic Assault Survivors and Their Pets, Demand UC Berkeley Release Tortured Lab Monkeys, and More!
Help Pass Bill to Address Racial Disparities in Maternal Health, Demand California Lawmakers Provide Affordable Housing, Demand Justice For Murdered Rhino Protector in South Africa :10 Petitions to Sign this Week to Help People, Animals, and the Planet!
You Will Never Eat Eggs Again After Reading This
A Guide to Your Gut Type and What This Means for Your Diet
15 High-Protein Black Bean Veggie Burgers for Labor Day!
5 Clean Muscle-Building Plant-Based Foods for Athletes
The Most Effective Ways to Ease PMS Symptoms
Plant-Based Oils: Which Ones to Use and How to Safely Cook with Them
How to Protect Your Data Post Roe v. Wade
Intersection Between Animal Exploitation and Other Social Justice Issues
10 Games That Help Develop Emotional and Social Intelligence in Children
10 Empowering Black Documentaries in the Public Health, Animal Rights, and Green Space
10 Important Documentaries About The Impact and Reality of Gun Violence
The Jig is Up For The Oil and Gas Industry
Pig Little Lies: Episode 4 Recap Where Beatrice the Pig Resists Trip to the Vet!
August 2022: Animal Law Updates that Improved the World for Animals this Month
What You Need to Know and Do About Fostering Animals
Pig Little Lies, Episode 3: Piglets Play Hide & Seek on Moving Day
Pig Little Lies: Episode 2 of UnchainedTV Series Features Piggie Childbirth
You Will Never Eat Eggs Again After Reading This
BLISSFUL: Vegan Desserts and Treats to Feel Good and Live Deliciously
BLESSED: Plant-Based Recipes For the Most Magical Christmas Ever
GREATEST: Ultimate Plant-Based Recipes From Breakfast to Dessert
Get your favorite articles delivered right to your inbox!
Sign up for daily news from OneGreenPlanet
Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! You can also send your desired amount directly to us via PayPal
No products in the cart.
Being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high quality content. Please support us! You can also send your desired amount directly to us via PayPal
$ billed upfront for one time.
This Venezuelan artist uses recycled plastic to light up his murals on cement calls near Caracas, the capital of the country.
In a suburb of the city, 25-year-old artist Oscar Olivares is creating an “eco-mural” and calling for help in the community to contribute to the massive piece of art. Olivares said that once completed, the project will recycle around 300,000 bottle caps.
Children and residents of the city are working hard to glue the plastic bottle caps to the wall, which will be turned into a mega colorful mural in just a few weeks. The mural will be of two blue-winged macaws.
A post shared by Oscar Olivares (@olivarescfc)
Olivares has been using his social media to invite the public to contribute to the project by donating their plastic waste.
“Many people are recycling for the first time in their lives thanks to this mural,” he said. “We hope they’ll keep up the habit.”
Reuters reported that a school teacher named Osmara Aponte brought children to work on the mural and to teach them about recycling.
“They can learn that anything from a lid to any type of plastic can become useful,” she said.
To follow along with Olivares and the project, follow him on Instagram @olivarescfc.
Globally, we produce 300 million tons of plastic every year, 78 percent of which is NOT reclaimed or recycled. Around 8.8 million tons of plastic get dumped into the oceans every year! 700 marine animals are faced with extinction due to the threat that plastic poses to them in the form of entanglement, pollution, and ingestion. 50 percent of sea turtles have plastic in their stomachs. By 2050, 99 percent of all seabird species will have ingested plastic waste. According to a study by the World Economic Forum , there will be one tonne of plastic for every three tonnes of fish by 2025, and if things go on business as usual, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
There are products you may be using or habits you may have that contribute to plastic pollution. Learn more about how the use of Teabags , Cotton Swabs , Laundry , Contact Lenses , Glitter , and Sheet Masks pollute our oceans so you can make more informed decisions going forward. There are also numerous simple actions and switches that can help cut plastic out of our lives including making your own cosmetics , shampoo , toothpaste , soap , household cleaners , using mason jars , reusable bags/bottles/straws , and avoiding microbeads !
To learn more about the impact of plastic waste, please read the articles below:
For more Animal, Earth, Life, Vegan Food, Health, and Recipe content published daily, subscribe to the One Green Planet Newsletter ! Also, don’t forget to download the Food Monster App on the App Store. With over 15,000 delicious recipes, it is the largest meatless, vegan, and allergy-friendly recipe resource to help reduce your environmental footprint, save animals and get healthy! Lastly, being publicly-funded gives us a greater chance to continue providing you with high-quality content. Please consider supporting us by donating!
You must be logged in to post a comment.
This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.