Environmental Protection Environmental Science Natural Sciences Waste 
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 7, 2022
Today the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and its partners, the Philadelphia Water Department and BOMA Philadelphia, announced the Plastic-free Philly initiative to encourage people to stop buying single-use plastic water bottles and instead drink tap water and use reusable plastic water bottles.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 7, 2022
Now the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, the Philadelphia Water Department and BOMA Philadelphia are teaming up to put a lid on single-use plastic water bottles. Plastic waste accounts for 56% of trash removed in a single year from a 32-mile stretch of the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers. Through Jan.
Academy of Natural Sciences
JUNE 2, 2022
Plastic waste is a main contributor to pollution that harms aquatic plant and animal species. Dams and channels disrupt the natural flows of rivers and discourage native species from thriving. Reduce plastic waste. Removing trash and waste has an immediate effect on the health of both the waterway and our own.
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