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prfrostbox · 5 months

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PRfrostbox.com YouTube Channel. We are all about technology, healthy eating and jobs.

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sayruq · 3 months

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#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #iceland #Anti zionism

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szsariii19 · 2 months

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Welcome back to Trench!

In honor of the new tøp era have my pictures of Trench from this summer

(📍Stakkholtsgjá, Iceland)

#i still can't believe ive been there #it is truly honestly the most beautiful place ive been to #and also the jumpsuit video just hits totally different after being there #im so excited for the new album and how clancy's story will go #tøp #twenty one pilots #twenty øne piløts #my photos #personal #clancy #trench #iceland #tyler joseph #josh dun

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italy1stan · 1 month

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New Hetalia Merch!!

Hetanews!

New Hetalia merch has been announced in collaboration with Y Line

These new items include the Nordics!! It's great to see new merch of them!

Pre-orders are now available. You can learn more about it here: https://yyworld.kawaiishop.jp/categories/3198376

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hws-lceland · 3 months

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Whale sisters

#this was done at 1am. also a few days ols #nyotalia #nyo iceland #nyo norway #Hetalia #hws norway #hws iceland #aph norway #aph iceland #hws #aph #this isnt reallllly how i see nyo nor in my hwad but it works #shes definitely got rhe long wavy hair at least #had fun with painting #tried a new brush #aph whale bros #???#whale sisters

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gwydionmisha · 11 months

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#Iceland #Conversion Therapy Ban #LGBTQIA+ Rights #LGBTQIA+#News

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loworbittourist · 8 days

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For Earth Day I figured I'd do a small selection of recent locations I really liked. Enjoy and share if you like this type of content :) #1 Iceland 🌍 / 4k link #2 Namibia 🌍 / 4k link #3 Tasman River - New Zealand 🌏 / 4K link #4 Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area - California - USA 🌎/ 4K link

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reasonsforhope · 1 year

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YES, PLASTIC BAG BANS HELP PREVENT POLLUTION REALLY WELL

"Plastic bags are everywhere - littering our streets, clogging up our rivers, and choking wildlife in the ocean.

But after years of campaigning from environmental groups, many places have banned them entirely.

Over 100 countries now have a full or partial ban on single-use plastic bags. Between 2010 and 2019, the number of public policies intended to phase out plastic carryout bags tripled.

The results of such tough rules are starting to show.

What is a plastic bag ban?

A plastic bag ban is a law that restricts the use of lightweight plastic bags in shops. Sometimes they are totally banned, and sometimes consumers have to pay a fee to buy them.

The bans often only apply to thin plastic bags, with thicker, reusable ones still available for purchase.

Bangladesh became the first country to introduce a ban on plastic bags back in 2002.

Such total bans are common throughout Africa and Asia. These areas import much of the Global North’s ‘recyclable’ rubbish and so face the consequences of plastic mismanagement more acutely.

In addition to plastic bags, many countries ban other types of single-use plastic like in the EU which has got rid of single use cutlery, straws, balloon sticks, and coffee buds.

Which European countries use the most plastic bags?

In Europe, 18 countries have imposed bans on thin plastic bags - including France, Germany, Italy, Iceland, and Albania.

A further 23 countries require consumers to pay a fee. Two more - Switzerland and Norway - allow the plastic industry to impose a ‘voluntary charge’ on the use of the bags.

Plastic bag consumption is highest in the Baltic and Nordic countries, Eurostat data from 2019 reveals. Latvia (284 bags per person, per year) and Lithuania (332) consumed far more plastic bags than any other European country. This could change, however as from 2025, Latvian shops will no longer be permitted to give away free plastic bags. A similar prohibition will come into force in Lithuania this year.

The lowest plastic bag usage can be found in Portugal (8), Belgium (17) and Poland (23). Portugal banned the bags in 2021, two years after Poland. [Note: To be clear, that is 8 plastic bags per person per year! Way lower than I thought was currently possible!]

Do plastic bag bans work?

Plastic bag bans have so far been highly successful. A ban on thin plastic bags in California reduced consumption by 71.5 per cent.

Research shows that taxes work too. According to a 2019 review of existing studies, levies and taxes led to a 66 per cent reduction in usage in Denmark, more than 90 per cent in Ireland, between 74 and 90 per cent in South Africa, Belgium, Hong Kong, Washington D.C., Santa Barbara, the UK and Portugal, and around 50 per cent in Botswana and China.

And the impact is visible on the ground too.

At a 2022 annual beach clean in New Jersey, US - where a ban was recently introduced - the number of plastic bags collected dropped 37 per cent on the previous year. Straws and takeaway containers dropped by a similar amount.

“It’s really, really encouraging to see those numbers trending down for the bags, straws, and foam containers,” said Clean Ocean Action Executive Director Cindy Zipf. Clean Ocean Action is a charity that is instrumental in organising the beach clean."

-via EuroNews.Green, 4/5/23

#sustainability #plastic pollution #plastic #single use plastic #plastic ban #pollution #water pollution #taxes #european union #california #denmark #iceland #ireland #new jersey #ocean #oceanography #good news #hope

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richardarmitagefanpage · 5 months

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New photos of Richard during Iceland Noir in Reykjavík, Iceland. (November 18, 2023)

📷: mbl.is

#richard armitage #geneva #geneva book #faber #faber books #book #iceland noir #reykjavik #iceland #new photos #photos #november 2023 #news

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non-un-topo · 10 months

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More clothing studies, this time from my fic Axis. I was aiming for authenticity while also trying to have each of their personalities show a little bit in their clothing choices. Two for Nicky, to show his layers.