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The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap for ...
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A super-enzyme that degrades plastic bottles six times faster than before has been created by scientists and could be used for recycling within a year or two. ...
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How FOE scored the cruise lines FOE evaluated the cruise companies on a myriad of factors including air pollution reduction, water quality compliance and ...
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by Kim van Arkel, Scientific Advisor
Unsurprisingly, scientists detected micro and nanoplastic in human tissue. A press conference has been held on this topic this Monday. An interview of these ...
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Significantly Increasing the Eco-Benefits of Its Iconic Hydration Gear Available for purchase at Nalgene.com and REI, the "Nalgene Sustain" line is made ...
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World will have 710M tons of plastic pollution by 2040 despite efforts to cut waste, study says (CNN)If the world embarked on an immediate and ...
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ion to end ocean pollution The Flipflopi boat is made of 10 tonnes of discarded plastic, including 30,000 flip-flops. Image: CNN Last year, the recycled ...
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The MICRO biannual international conference will be held during the originally planned dates 23-27 November 2020. It will be substantially online-based with ...
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New research helps unravel how vast amounts of plastic particles travel—both regionally and globally—on the wind Plastic fibers and beads in dusts collected ...
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Lucy Hughes is $35,000 richer, thanks to her ingenious use of fish waste. The 24-year-old student from Twickenham who attends the University of Sussex is the ...
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Report calls for urgent action to tackle developing countries’ reliance on bottled water Plastic pollution near the traditional fishing port in Lampulo, ...
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The end of plastic? New plant-based bottles will degrade in a year Carlsberg and Coca-Cola back pioneering project to make ‘all-plant’ drinks bottles A ...
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If the entire plastic industry is taking advantage of the current health crisis to extol the benefits of single-use plastic as a “life saver” in the media ...
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The Denver chain will install FloWater Refill Stations at all of its locations, enabling customers to refill their reusable water bottles and other ...
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Bacterial enzyme originally found in compost can be used to make high-quality new bottles Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters The company behind the ...
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Fig. 1. Marine biodegradable plastic preparation from starch and cellulose. Credit: Osaka University The main cause of marine debris accumulation is the ...
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The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) organised a workshop at the end of January to discuss about the environmental health ...
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A first-of-its-kind study carried out in Mumbai to understand the flow of plastic waste into the Arabian Sea has revealed that through a Juhu water channel ...
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Microplastic pollution is everywhere, but its size — less than five millimeters in length — makes the threat almost invisible to the naked eye. That’s why ...
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by Camille Rollin, Program Act projects manager at Race for Water Foundation
The impact of plastics on our health... In October 3rd, 2019, in Amsterdam, the Plastic Soup Foundation and Parley for the Ocean co-organised an ...
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