Thailand ramps up action on plastic waste with a ban starting in 2021
Thailand is one of the countries that pump the most plastic into the ocean.
Tag: plastic pollution
South Africa is repaving its roads with recycled plastic milk bottles
A company developed a technology to fix the roads and deal with plastic waste
Plastic-hunting barge cleans up world’s rivers
The aim of the project is to clean 1.000 of the world's most polluted rivers
Recycling plastic could become easier thanks to this new technology
A factory in France has created a process to recycle any plastic into any other plastic
Coca-Cola labeled once more as worst plastic polluter
Global audit found the company responsible for over 11,000 pieces of plastic collected during a full day cleanup.
Study finds billions of plastic particles released by tea bags
Tea, plastic-flavored.
Plastic pollution is now in the fossil record
Plastic deposits in the soil have increased exponentially sine WWII, doubling every 15 years.
Like fossils: half a century of plastics are buried in layers of sediment
It's a depressing hallmark of human activity.
Fishermen want to address the problem of marine litter — and should be involved in cleaning programs
Some encouraging news in a sea of trouble.
You’re eating a credit card’s worth of plastic each week, study says
We each consume about five grams of microplastics each week.
The governments of 187 countries agreed to limit international plastic movement — but the US is not among them
It's good news, with a bad twist.
Plastic pollution may harm marine bacteria that produces 5% of the world’s oxygen
One of the world's most fascinating tiny creature may be threatened by chemicals from marine plastic debris.
Balloons are the most dangerous plastic pollution for seabirds
Balloons might be fun at parties but they become deadly serious once they reach the ocean.
Just a few pieces of plastic are enough to kill sea turtles
And the situation is getting worse.
Renewable material made from crab shells and trees could replace plastic film packaging
The new packaging is compostable and keeps food fresher longer than plastic wrapping.
The devastating state of ocean pollution in one depressing photo
The author wishes this photo 'didn't exist'.
Trump Administration reverses ban on plastic water bottles in America’s national parks. ‘Corporate agenda is king,’ say environmentalists
The latest in a long running-list of anti-environmental measures by the President and team.
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