This is a canal that runs through downtown Port-Au-Prince. No living organism on earth will eat petroleum-based products, so styrofoam can NEVER fully biodegrade. Take your own to-go containers when you eat out or ask for foil!
-Lexi, of course :)
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or banana leaves!
convincing photo testimony!
Hey guys, I've been enjoying reading your blog and learning about Haiti.
These are both news releases on the same study, but I thought it was interesting....I also thought your pictures made a good point about waste.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-02/acs-mc022306.php
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=bacteria-turn-styrofoam-i
Megan Blackwell
very impressive display of how we can be better caring for the environment, plastic use is right behind that...
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