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Believe it or not, 16 of the world’s largest container ships can produce more sulphur pollution than all the cars on the planet. The International Maritime Organization allows super ships to use so-called bunker fuel, which contains up to 4.5 percent sulphur (4500 times more than the amount allowed in automobile fuel). The largest ships emit as much as 5000 tons of sulfur a year – equal to the emissions from about 50 million cars. But that’s not all. Every year, ships also contribute almost a billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, which makes them as big a contributor to climate change as airplanes.
HAT TIP: puregreencars.com
NOTE: 15 square kilometer of rainforest disappears every minute.
Advertising Agency: Uncle Grey, Denmark
Art Directors: Rasmus Gottliebsen, Jesper Hansen, Rasmus Dunvad
Creative Director: Per Pedersen
Copywriter: Michael Paterson
Published: April 2007
Hat Tip: Thanks, Dawn.
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Biodegradability may not be a worthy goal at all. Most landfills are tomb-like and, in the absence of oxygen, the process produces methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 21 times more effective at trapping heat than carbon dioxide. But all’s not lost. In answer to the problem, companies like the UK’s Symphony Environmental Technologies have developed a special formulation called d2w, which makes plastic self-destruct in the presence of oxygen on land or water. While normal plastic may emit methane while decomposing, oxo-biodegradable plastics are made to degrade leaving no fragments and emitting no methane. So, do we have future or don’t we? You can begin to find the answers here. And here.
Related article: Breakthrough In Methane Research (popularlogistics.com)
