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Billions and Billions of 3D Glasses: Will Biodegradable Frames Discourage Reuse?

Paper or plastic? Old school 3D glasses. Photo by Hacky via FlickrIt is estimated that if the 42.1 million pairs of 3D glasses used at theaters to watch Avatarwere laid end-to-end, they would stretch more than 3,987 miles. Avatar and Alice in Wonderland each required more than 10 million pairs of 3D glasses to be shipped around the globe, resulting in emissions comparable to burning 50,000 gallons of gasoline or 917 barrels of oil. These aren't the old flimsy cardboard vari...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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