Sentences with phrase «more plastic than»

It's been claimed that by 2050, there could be more plastic than fish in our oceans.

The finish of both phones» aluminum almost feels more plastic than metallic, though the Pixel 2's rear has a brushed aesthetic to it that gives it a decent amount of grip.

Oceans Could Hold More Plastic Than Fish By 2050, Report Says (VIDEO) A new report claims if the rate of plastic pollution in oceans continues to increase, plastic garbage could outweigh fish by 2050.

According to The Davos Report by the World Economic Forum the oceans will contain, by weight, more plastic than fish by 2050.

Our oceans bear the burden of five continent - sized mass accumulations of plastic, and unless our ravenous consumption of it changes, scientists predict there will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050.

A prediction that the world's oceans will contain more plastic than fish by 2050 is likely to intensify the push for sustainable, environmentally friendly alternatives.

By 2050, it's said there will be more plastic than fish in the seas.

And it includes more plastic than we ever thought before.

According to some projections, by 2050 the oceans will contain more plastic than fish.

www.cleanseas.org With more than 8 million tons of plastic entering the oceans every year, our oceans could contain more plastic than fish by 2050.

By 2050, scientists predict our oceans will have more plastic than fish by weight.

In the first decade of this century, we made more plastic than all the plastic in history up to the year 2000.

How organic is a product that is more plastic than food?

Recent research tells us that there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050!

The real problem with Architect Barbie is that horrible house; it appears to have more plastic than the Monsanto House of the Future.

It's ridiculous that organic produce in the U.S. comes packaged in far more plastic than conventionally - grown foods.

In the first 10 years of this century we have manufactured more plastic than in all of the 20th century.

Plastics have been a boon to industry, but are now the bane of the planet, even as plastic pollution is expected to continue unabated (and even increase), with experts now predicting that by 2050 «the oceans will contain more plastic than fish by weight..»

Odd considering their is more plastic than other materials, but I'd imagine this plastic is much sturdier this time around.

But if there's more plastic than wires, there will be less air circulation and this is bad for your hamster.

The finish of both phones» aluminum almost feels more plastic than metallic, though the Pixel 2's rear has a brushed aesthetic to it that gives it a decent amount of grip.

The interior finish is logical and well - organized, however the cabin contains more far more plastic than the average economy car.

The bumper carries more plastic than that of the global model and houses turn indicators and foglights.

Point is, its premium status will always be qualified (elements like the interior, which has more plastic than a typical Mercedes, won't do anything to shift that perception).

In fact, the double - wide Blu - ray case uses more plastic than normal releases do!

If things don't change, we could see more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050.

(There will be more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050, according to one highly publicized report.)

According to a recent Ellen MacArthur Foundation study, the world's oceans are set to have more plastic than fish by 2050.

«Embryonic stem cells are more plastic than we had thought.

«It adds to evidence primate vocal communication is more plastic than traditionally thought, but I'm sceptical that it calls into question the idea that these calls have a largely emotional basis,» says Brandon Wheeler of the University of Kent in Canterbury, UK.

The brain has more trees than the jungle, more streets than a great city, is more plastic than the desert's sand, more changeable than the waves of the sea.

«Great Pacific Garbage Patch growing rapidly, study shows: New analysis reveals the region contains as much as sixteen times more plastic than previously estimated, with pollution levels increasing exponentially.»

Slip along the fault there, under the higher temperatures and pressures found deeper in the crust, takes on a different character: Ruptures are more plastic than brittle.

The discovery «shows that bees are not only amazing organisms, but perhaps more plastic than we suppose,» says Carolina Laura Morales, pollination and bee ecologist at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) in Buenos Aires.

The gusseted legs stop leaks well, but these covers are not as trim as some others, and the materials feel a bit more plastic than some.

They remain on our Earth, thanks to diaper disposal systems which tightly encapsulate and immortalize in plastic single - use diapers (yes, even MORE plastic than is already contained in the diaper itself) in little sausage - like formations, for centuries and therefore generations.

By 2050, it is estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the world's oceans.

That's three to 10 times more plastic than scientists

It's $ 99 and made of a lot more plastic than its pricier cousin the 5S.

With more plastic than plankton at the center of the seas, marine life is consuming this waste.

In a business - as - usual scenario, the ocean is expected to contain 1 tonne of plastic for every 3 tonnes of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).

If things don't change, we are projected to see more plastics than fish in the ocean by 2050.

If things don't change, we could see more plastics than fish in the ocean by 2050.

Significant economic value is lost after each use, and given the projected growth in consumption, by 2050 oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish (by weight), and the entire plastics industry will consume 20 % of total oil production and 15 % of the annual carbon budget.

If you read The New Plastics Economy from the World Economic Forum, you find that by 2050 oceans are expected to contain more plastics than fish (by weight), and the entire plastics industry will consume 20 % of total oil production and 15 % of the annual carbon budget.

Not exact matches

Buyers who whip out the plastic to buy gifts will find that they're paying far more than just the purchase price.

Once you've filled your plastic cup — this affair is more backyard barbecue than society event — there's the meet and greet, an opportunity to check out the credentials of those around you: an aerospace industry executive, the economic development chief for a western U.S. state, a dean of engineering for a prestigious American university, several D.C. think tankers, lobbyists, lawyers.

For its fiscal year 2016, the Transportation Security Administration reported that passengers left behind more than $ 867, 812.39 in coins and currency in the plastic bowls and bins at various U.S. airport checkpoints.

That hasn't stopped them from putting more on plastic than ever before.

Glass containers cost more than plastic, but they tend to hold up better in the microwave, don't take on the characteristics of the food they hold, and some of them can even go in the oven.