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Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month ago

Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

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Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?

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Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 month ago

Most of the world’s everyday goods are shipped in metal boxes across the ocean. But when those containers fall off the ship, they're often left to pollute and wash ashore.

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Fireworks are mostly cardboard.

Cardboard, and… black powder and various metals or salts as colorants.

They’re probably not a catastrophe, but they’re certainly not helping the environment.

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