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plastic pollution

  • Australian Environment Minister Disappointed as UN Members Fail to Reach Agreement on 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, 2024BY Celene Ignacio
  • ‘We’re All Exposed’: How Microplastics Are Affecting Our Health and Changing the World
    ‘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, 2023BY Petr Svab
  • Australian Supermarkets Form Taskforce to Combat Collapse of Recycling Program
    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, 2022BY Lis Wang
  • Bioplastics Investment Soars as Market Expands
    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, 2022BY Naveen Athrappully
  • Barbara Kay: Canada’s ‘Plastic Ban’ Will Have Zero Impact on Ocean Pollution
    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, 2022BY Barbara Kay
  • Research Shows Plastic Pollution on Australia’s Beaches Is Declining
    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, 2022BY Steve Milne
  • Australia’s Beaches With Most Plastic Revealed
    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, 2022BY Jessie Zhang
  • CEO Sees Innovation as a Solution to Plastic Pollution
    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, 2021BY Nathan Worcester
  • Plastic Found Inside Most Baby Turtles Off Queensland
    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, 2021BY AAP
  • Refillable Revolution—UK Supermarket Asda Expands Reuse Scheme
    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, 2021BY Reuters
  • Plastic No More! Supermarket Adopts Banana Leaves for Packaging
    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, 2019BY Venus Upadhayaya
  • Small Oceanside Brewery Develops Edible Packaging for Beer
    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, 2019BY Paula Liu
  • Vanuatu Bans Plastic Bags in Bid to Preserve Its Ocean
    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, 2018BY James Burke
  • A 17-Year-Old Might Have Figured Out a Solution to the Ocean Trash Problem (Video)
    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, 2017BY Epoch Video
  • How Tiny Pieces of Plastic in Our Oceans Are ‘Terrifying’
    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, 2016BY Petr Svab
  • Healing the Earth With Mushrooms
    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, 2016BY Conan Milner
  • NYC Waters Are Teeming With Plastic Particles, Study Finds
    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, 2016BY The Associated Press
  • Microbeads Are a Sign of Our Plastic Consumer Madness
    Microbeads Are a Sign of Our Plastic Consumer Madness
    How much are whiter teeth and smoother skin worth to you? Are they worth the water and fish ...
    April 27, 2015BY David Suzuki
  • 8.8 Million Tons of Plastic Pollute Oceans Every Year
    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, 2015BY Ray Grigg
  • The Oceans’ Plastic Problem Gets 8M Tons Worse Every Year (Video)
    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, 2015BY Epoch Video
  • More Than 5 Trillion Pieces of Plastic in the World’s Oceans
    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, 2014BY Epoch Video
  • Plastic Bag Ban Expands to Small Grocers
    Plastic Bag Ban Expands to Small Grocers
    The next phase of Los Angeles’ plastic bag ban started July 1.
    July 2, 2014BY Sarah Le
  • Plastic Kills: Here Is Why (+Video)
    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, 2014BY Olga Martinez
  • Bureo: A Skateboard Making Waves (+Video)
    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, 2014BY Olga Martinez
TOP NEWS
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    Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
  • Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
    1hr By Savannah Hulsey Pointer
    Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
  • US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
    3hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
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    US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
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    Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing–How to Enhance Its Function
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    Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
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  • How a Tiny Insect Decimated Florida’s Citrus, and What Orchardists Are Doing About It
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