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plastic pollution
Australian Environment Minister Disappointed as UN Members Fail to Reach Agreement on Plastic Pollution
Plastic production is expected to triple by 2026 and experts have predicted plastic in oceans could outweigh fish by 2050.
December 7, 2024
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Celene Ignacio
‘We’re All Exposed’: How Microplastics Are Affecting Our Health and Changing the World
Our world is getting polluted with plastics on a planetary scale. We can’t see much of it, but ...
March 2, 2023
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Petr Svab
Australian Supermarkets Form Taskforce to Combat Collapse of Recycling Program
Supermarket giants Coles, Woolworths, and ALDI will form a task force to address the suspension of a soft ...
November 27, 2022
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Lis Wang
Bioplastics Investment Soars as Market Expands
Investors are pouring billions into the bioplastics industry, foreseeing a massive business opportunity in a sector at a ...
August 10, 2022
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Naveen Athrappully
Barbara Kay: Canada’s ‘Plastic Ban’ Will Have Zero Impact on Ocean Pollution
Commentary Eco-warriors neither slumber nor sleep in their pursuit of universal sustainability. Plastic looms large on their enemies ...
June 27, 2022
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Barbara Kay
Research Shows Plastic Pollution on Australia’s Beaches Is Declining
New research by Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has revealed that plastic pollution on Australia's ...
June 9, 2022
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Steve Milne
Australia’s Beaches With Most Plastic Revealed
A world-first citizen science project has revealed the beaches with the highest levels of plastics in Australia, after ...
January 24, 2022
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Jessie Zhang
CEO Sees Innovation as a Solution to Plastic Pollution
When Jeff Gold founded Nexus Fuels (now Nexus Circular) in 2018, he was no greenhorn in environmental services—he ...
October 22, 2021
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Nathan Worcester
Plastic Found Inside Most Baby Turtles Off Queensland
Most young turtles caught off the coast of Queensland have ingested plastics, new research shows. Around 83 per ...
August 1, 2021
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AAP
Refillable Revolution—UK Supermarket Asda Expands Reuse Scheme
LONDON—British supermarket group Asda is to extend its trial of a refill scheme that allows shoppers to replenish ...
June 16, 2021
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Reuters
Plastic No More! Supermarket Adopts Banana Leaves for Packaging
A supermarket in Thailand has replaced its plastic packaging with banana leaf wrapping. Banana leaves have been traditionally used in ...
April 1, 2019
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Venus Upadhayaya
Small Oceanside Brewery Develops Edible Packaging for Beer
Amidst the plastic waste that is harming the marine ecosystem and its inhabitants, one brewery in Florida is ...
January 2, 2019
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Paula Liu
Vanuatu Bans Plastic Bags in Bid to Preserve Its Ocean
The South Pacific Ocean nation of Vanuatu has banned unrecyclable plastic bags and polystyrene takeaway boxes in a ...
January 2, 2018
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James Burke
A 17-Year-Old Might Have Figured Out a Solution to the Ocean Trash Problem (Video)
There's a potential solution for ocean pollution.
May 16, 2017
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How Tiny Pieces of Plastic in Our Oceans Are ‘Terrifying’
For years, fish have been feeding on tiny pieces of plastic in the ocean, mistaking them for food. ...
August 2, 2016
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Petr Svab
Healing the Earth With Mushrooms
Picture a mushroom and you probably imagine the familiar cap and stem shape that grows above ground. However, ...
April 22, 2016
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Conan Milner
NYC Waters Are Teeming With Plastic Particles, Study Finds
NEW YORK—The waterways surrounding New York City are a soup of plastic, ranging from discarded takeout containers down ...
February 13, 2016
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The Associated Press
Microbeads Are a Sign of Our Plastic Consumer Madness
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April 27, 2015
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David Suzuki
8.8 Million Tons of Plastic Pollute Oceans Every Year
Boobies, like albatrosses, can be forgiven for feeding plastic to their chicks, because they think it’s just another ...
April 8, 2015
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Ray Grigg
The Oceans’ Plastic Problem Gets 8M Tons Worse Every Year (Video)
New research shows humans send between 4.8 and 12.7 million tons of plastics into the world’s oceans every ...
February 13, 2015
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Epoch Video
More Than 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in the World’s Oceans
5.25 trillion — that's a conservative estimate of just how many pieces of plastic are swirling around the ...
December 16, 2014
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Epoch Video
Plastic Bag Ban Expands to Small Grocers
The next phase of Los Angeles’ plastic bag ban started July 1.
July 2, 2014
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Sarah Le
Plastic Kills: Here Is Why (+Video)
Ghost nets are abandoned fishing gear that become a trap to large marine life. Hundreds of thousands of ...
June 15, 2014
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Olga Martinez
Bureo: A Skateboard Making Waves (+Video)
Bureo is an innovative skateboard company making decks from recycled drift nets off the coast of Chile. Find ...
June 14, 2014
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Olga Martinez
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