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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Poses New Threat to Marine Life

A landfill twice the size of Texas is floating in the middle of the Pacific, and scientists are starting to get worried.

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Paying with Plastic: Canada Introduces Polymer $100 Bill

One small step for Canada, one giant leap toward worry-free laundry.

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Those Tiny Hotel-Room Shampoo Bottles Might Be Going Extinct

Say goodbye to tiny bottles of shampoo and conditioner in hotels. They’re useless to people with lots of hair and bad for the environment.

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Say Goodbye to Those Annoying ‘Clamshell’ Plastic Containers

Well, this is a slight upside to the bad economy. The rising petroleum price could get rid of a minor health hazard: the clamshell or oyster packaging — those plastic covers that are just impossible to take apart.

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Cola Wars Revisited: Coke and Pepsi Duel Over Bottles Made from Plants

The fight’s no longer about what you’re drinking, it’s about what you’re drinking from.

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Plastiki Completes Epic Plastic Journey

You’ve heard of a message in a bottle. Now there’s a message made of bottles. (via National Geographic)

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Is Your Trendy Reusable Bag Infected?

The war against plastic bags could have a serious casualty: Your health. (via LA Times)