Storing food properly is very important because our own health is at stake here.
LEGO launches functioning wind turbine model to promote sustainability
Who doesn’t love Legos?
Just a few pieces of plastic are enough to kill sea turtles
And the situation is getting worse.
Contact lenses break down into microplastics — so don’t flush them down!
Just throw them in the trash if you don’t want them on your plate later on.
How a design and culture revolution could help us tackle our plastic problem
It’s not a simple problem and it doesn’t have a simple answer — but here’s what we can do.
Ikea will ditch single-use plastics by 2020
The global retailer with 363 stores wants its customers to live more sustainably.
Banning plastic bags: Chile becomes the first country in the Americas to opt for a ban
Despite some city and state-wide measures, no other country in the Americas has banned plastic bags.
European Union considers total ban on plastic straws and cutlery
We can only hope this comes to fruition.
Plastics are ubiquitous in the deep ocean — even in the Mariana Trench
Plastic is everywhere — literally.
Arctic sea ice chock-full of microplastics, with over 12,000 particles per litre of ice
It should basically be called Arctic sea plastic by now.
A Sperm Whale Found Dead in Spain Had 30 Kilos of Plastic in Its Stomach
There’s just too much plastic in the oceans.
Researchers ‘accidentally improve’ a plastic-munching enzyme
Failing upwards!
Eating out linked with hormonal disruptions, researchers say
Researchers discover a 35% increase in the levels of a chemical substance linked to asthma, type 2 diabetes, and infertility, in those who dined at restaurants the previous day.
Rubber duckies are a haven for bacteria, new study shows
Adorable little dirty rubber duckies.
Lego will start making its first sustainable pieces, replacing plastic
Green toys are the best toys.
Billions of plastic pieces are entangled in the coral reefs, slowly killing them
We have a massive plastic pollution problem, with no solution in sight.
Brussels announces EU-wide strategy to fight plastic pollution
By 2030, you’ll have to bring a reusable cup to get coffee in the EU.
In 2016, Coca-Cola produced 1 billion more plastic bottles than in 2015
The forgotten ingredient of a Coke — plastic.
Scientists find blocks of polystyrene at the North Pole
The Arctic is screwed.
Tapwater around the world is full of microplastics, study reveals
It’s literally everywhere.