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To draw attention to our troubling relationship with plastic, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has launched a new project–a live stream built to last 450 years. ...
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The Malaysian Environment Ministry has announced it will ship 450 metric tonnes of illegally imported and contaminated plastic waste back to countries of ...
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Sea birds dying in agony with a belly full of plastic garbage; plastic accumulations as big as islands: Virtually everyone has seen pictures like these today. ...
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Every minute, 1 million plastic bottles are bought all over the world many of which end up in the environment. Could this simple solution close the loop and ...
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To date, little is known about what happens to microplastic in the sea. The MICRO-FATE project that is now starting under the leadership of the Helmholtz ...
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No Plastic in my Sea, the French NGO behind the No Plastic Challenge, aims to fight against all types of single-use plastic and raise people’s awareness of ...
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Earlier this week in Geneva, approximately 180 governments adopted a raft of decisions designed to protect human health and the environment from the harmful ...
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back in April, the World Bank launched a Sustainable Development Bond to draw attention to the challenge of plastic waste pollution in oceans. This bond is ...
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Plastic pollution in the world's oceans may have a $2.5 trillion impact, negatively affecting "almost all marine ecosystem services," including areas such as ...
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According to recycling expert Arthur Huang, bioplastics could potentially be worse for the environment than commonly-used plastics. Huang is a renowned ...
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An inspiring aquapreneur shares her ideas on how to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic in Hong Kong. Millions of waste plastic are being dumped in ...
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A new state budget is taking aim at single-use bags in an effort to reduce pollution, though exceptions will be allowed. By Laura Parker, National Geographic ...
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This video shares a story about an Israeli scientist who has developed an eco-friendly material which feels and looks like plastic but is 100% biodegradable. ...
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European Parliament approved a new law banning single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks. 560 MEPs voted in favour of ...
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Yale University published an important piece on China’s decision to no longer ban the world’s recycled waste being dumped on its ground and what does this ...
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Nestlé and Veolia announced the signature of a partnership covering plastic waste collection, sorting and recycling, focusing in particular on flexible ...
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A young whale whose carcass washed up in the Philippines died of "dehydration and starvation" after consuming 40 kilograms (88 pounds) of plastic bags, ...
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Supporting the ‘Wastepreneurs’, program and generating awareness around the collection and exchange of recyclable waste. Dow is helping to create jobs and ...
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Polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene are the most abundant microplastics in the Mediterranean coastal waters, according to a new study published by the ...
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L ow density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The ...
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