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

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EnvironmentEnglish • 1 month ago

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

hedge ( @hedge@beehaw.org )

EnvironmentEnglish • 1 month ago

Most of the world’s everyday goods and raw materials moved over long distances are packed in large metal boxes the size of tractor-trailers and stacked on ships.

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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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