Plastic Pollution

Chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Yohei Sasakawa says the report is a "timely call for urgent, ambitious solutions" to the plastic crisis, and recognises that global effort and coordination are needed to handle the crisis Naja Bertolt Jensen/Unsplash A new report warns that plastic consumption and waste are rising rapidly,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In the last decade, growing numbers of researchers have studied plastic pollution, one of the world's most pressing environmental hazards. They have made progress but still face challenges, such as the comparability of results, especially with regard to microplastic particles. There is no standard sample collection…

Updated 6 days ago · Published on 16 Feb 2023 3:40PM · Tonnes of donated clothing is sent to Kenya every year, but an estimated 30% of it ends up in landfills, says a news report. – AFP pic, February 16, 2023. ONE third of all second-hand clothing shipped to…

A sperm whale that washed ashore in Hawaii over the weekend probably died in part because it ate large volumes of fishing traps, fishing nets, plastic bags and other marine debris, scientists said on Thursday, highlighting the threat to wildlife from the millions of tons of plastic that ends up…

Developers at Flinders University and the German biotech company one • five have created a seaweed-based coating designed to replace plastics used in fast food packaging.Many food containers and wrappers contain harmful plastics derived from fossil fuels that do not biodegrade and break into tiny microplastics that pollute the environment…

LONDON, Jan 14 (Reuters) - England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain's environment department said on Saturday. The decision follows a public consultation by the government in which 95% of respondents…

An event scheduled for this coming March will bring together stakeholders from around the world to draw up a roadmap for an equity-focused path to address marine plastics. In a study published last November, scientists concluded that coastal communities most affected by marine plastic pollution should be better represented in…

Three environmental groups - ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe and Zero Waste France - are filing a lawsuit against Danone over its global plastic pollution at France’s high court, the Paris Tribunal Judiciaire. France’s ‘Duty of Vigilance’ law demands that companies over a certain size assess and prevent the impacts their operations have on…

A seal pup choking on a fishing line Getty The pressure to clean up plastic pollution faded in 2020 thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, which led to a surge in the use of plastic in PPE and to keep food and other purchases safe. However, the problem has not gone…

Samsung introduced new QD-OLED TVs and a 57-inch 8K gaming display, the 2023 Freestyle projector and new Bespoke smart appliances at this year's CES. During the company's keynote, it also talked about its products' new features and upgrades in detail, including a new wash cycle for washing machines that can…