‘Will effectively solve the problem’
A new facility in China is revolutionizing plastics recycling, aiming to speed up the process and create a…
Locals furious after policy reversal claims life of wild animal: ‘It hasn’t taken long’
It’s a common challenge in public green spaces: how to keep parks open for community enjoyment while also…
Artist drowns sculpture in plastic waste in front of the UN during plastic pollution treaty talks
GENEVA (AP) — As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end…
Plastic pollution plague blights Asia
Kulsum Beghum sorts waste at a landfill in Dhaka. Her blood contains 650 microplastic particles per millilitre, according…
Indigenous communities plead for action at plastic pollution talks
GENEVA: Indigenous communities from North America are at talks on a global treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva,…
Is plastic production just going to keep increasing?
The amount of plastic being churned out annually is far outpacing the global capacity to manage and recycle…
The two biggest sources of microplastic pollution are not bottles or straws
A report this week has warned that the world is in a “plastics crisis”, amid concerns plastic production…
Scientists use satellites to discover ‘footprints’ of hidden danger lurking in cities — here’s what’s happening
A team of researchers has developed a method to utilize satellite imagery to monitor plastic pollution in cities.…
You Don’t Want to Know Where Scientists Just Found 27 Million Tons of Plastic
Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceans—not to mention the microplastics in…