Plastic Pollution

New research by Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has revealed that plastic pollution on Australia’s beaches has decreased by almost a third since 2013. Lead researcher and recent PhD graduate from CSIRO and the University of Tasmania, Kathryn Willis, said in a release on Thursday that waste control is…

Local waste management successfully reduces coastal plastic pollution. Credit: Kathryn Willis, One Earth (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.008 New research by Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, shows Australian coastal plastic pollution has decreased by 29 percent, the surprise discovery revealed as part of a broader project assessing waste reduction efforts. CSIRO Chief…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, June 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Garnier Malaysia recently held its first beach clean-up at Pantai Remis in Kuala Selangor as part of its environmental initiative under its Garnier Green Beauty commitments. In 2022, Garnier Malaysia and the Malaysian Nature Society are collaborating to tackle plastic pollution in…

A green group on Sunday has urged businesses to shoulder most of the responsibility to tackle plastic pollution in Hong Kong. The Green Earth made the call on World Environment Day, a day set by the United Nations for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect the environment. After conducting…

PARIS: A world severely blighted by plastic pollution is on track to see the use of plastics nearly triple in less than four decades, according to findings released Friday. Annual production of fossil-fuel-based plastics are set to top 1.2 billion tonnes by 2060 and waste to exceed one billion tonnes,…

May 26, 2022 Austin LindbergESPN FC It's that time of year again in Major League Soccer. After nearly three months of play, there's become a sense of familiarity, a reasonable expectation of what all 28 teams are capable of. So what better time than now to introduce brand-new jerseys? Beginning…

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…