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The True Cost of Our Addiction to Plastic

More than a century after the invention of the first fully synthetic plastic, we're still ignorant of the nature of these supremely useful substances.

February 12, 2024BY Charles Cornish-Dale

Australian Think Tank Calls for ‘EU-Style’ Plastic Tax to Combat Waste

Australia Institute estimated that the government could raise nearly $1.5 billion a year with the tax while forcing ...

January 11, 2024BY Alfred Bui

Expert Calls for Uniform Plastic Recycling Rules Across Australia

Australia needs to set national guidelines on plastic recycling for consistent recycling schemes across the nation, an inquiry ...

July 1, 2023BY Lis Wang

Australian Packaging Industry Hit With Waste-Busting Rules

Australia's packaging industry will be forced to clean up its act under mandatory waste-busting regulations that will also ...

June 9, 2023BY AAP

Unknown Risk in Plastic Rubbish Lining Australian Coast

Plastic now dwarfs every other kind of litter found on Australian shores and 80 percent of what the ...

March 31, 2023BY AAP

Plastic Entering Oceans Could Nearly Triple By 2040 If Left Unchecked

Plastics entering the world's oceans may nearly triple by 2040 if the situation is left unchecked, according to ...

March 8, 2023BY Bryan Jung

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

Hong Kong’s Mandatory COVID-19 Testing in Schools Fuels Plastic Waste Woes

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVID-19 tests will add ...

April 29, 2022BY Reuters

Nearly 26,000 Tons of Pandemic-Related Plastic Waste Pollutes the Ocean: Study

Some 25,900 tons of pandemic-related plastic now pollute the ocean, with the majority stemming from hospital and medical ...

November 8, 2021BY Isabel van Brugen

Plastic Bag Charge to Come Into Force in England on May 21

The single-use carrier bag charge will increase from 5 pence ($0.07) to 10 pence ($0.14) and extend to ...

May 8, 2021BY PA Media

Designer Envisions Breathtaking Floating Research Station That Cleans the Ocean, Harnesses Tidal Energy

A Slovakian designer has been named the winner of the 2020 Grand Prix Award for her ingenious floating ...

February 25, 2021BY Jenni Julander

Plastic Bag Levy to Double and Extend to All UK Retailers From April 2021

From April 2021, the charge for a single-use carrier bag will be increased to 10 pence (13 cents), ...

September 1, 2020BY Lily Zhou

China’s Rivers Are the Major Source of Plastic Entering the Oceans

With 91 percent of the 8.8 million tons of plastic added to oceans each year originating in rivers, ...

September 23, 2019BY Chriss Street

G20 Plastic Trash Reduction Goal Doesn’t Address ‘Excessive’ Production: Activists

Activists welcomed a goal set by the Group of 20 major economies' to reduce additional plastic trash leaking ...

July 1, 2019BY Reuters

Malaysia to Send Back Plastic Waste to Foreign Nations

PORT KLANG, Malaysia—Malaysia will send back some 3,000 metric tons (3,300 tons) of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries ...

May 28, 2019BY The Associated Press

NSW Environment Minister Calls on Councils to Take Action Following China’s ‘Ban’ on Imported Recycled Materials

Local governments across New South Wales are looking for ways to tackle the recycling challenges following China's import ...

July 23, 2018BY Janita Kan

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)

There's a potential solution for ocean pollution.

May 16, 2017BY Epoch Video