Plastic Pollution

As New York state grapples with a plastic pollution crisis, legislators are taking aim at the problem with a new spate of policy proposals. Two bills introduced in the New York state assembly this month would place far-reaching requirements on plastic manufacturers, mandating that they pay for waste management and…

A hunter in Pond Inlet, Nunavut, says it's 'very scary' finding plastic inside the bellies of a fish that Inuit rely on as a source of food. A recent study, published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, says plastic pollution in the Arctic comes from a mix of…

Image: bigto via Getty Images California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday an investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry’s role in exacerbating plastics pollution and falsely promoting recycling’s role in solving it.  “Enough is enough. For more than half a century, the plastics industry has engaged in an aggressive…

A whopping 350m tonnes of plastic is produced every year, according to A Plastic Ocean, who estimates 8m tonnes ends up in the ocean. Unless urgent action is taken, it is predicted there will be more plastic than fish in the sea by 2050. What kind of ‘urgent action’ is…

The Tara research vessel left its homeport of Lorient in France in December 2020 to embark on a 70,000-kilometre journey. Since then it has traversed the coasts of Chile, Brazil and Argentina, as well as the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Scientists on Saturday began a five-month mission to study how…

Public concern about microplastics in South Korea’s food supply, particularly in seafood and groundwater, after academic studies from reputable bodies such as the local National Institute of Environmental Research and Kangwon National University’s Department of Geology highlighted the these contaminants as supposedly being ‘ubiquitous’ in some of the nation’s most…

Plastic pollution is a global concern. An estimated eight million tonnes of plastic enters the marine environment every year, wreaking havoc on the planet, ocean-life, and even humans. Just last month, scientists evaluated the internal exposure of plastic particles in human blood for the first time. A study​ analysing blood…

In the food and beverage space plastic is a cheap, functional and convenient material that keeps our food safe and prevents spoilage. But the problem is, most of the plastic ever made still exists. “Plastic is versatile is inexpensive is durable it protects food. It's fantastic. But we didn’t think…

The Alfred Wegener Institute has released the findings from an international review study, showing that large amounts of plastic debris have now made it into the waters of the Arctic Ocean. The results were published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Sadly, the researchers have found that the Arctic…

President Cyril Ramaphosa was in the province on Wednesday, criss-crossing from one affected area to the other, visibly affected by the destruction.  While this was happening, the province’s health MEC, Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu, said that more than 250 deaths had been linked to the four days of driving rain and consequent…