Plastic Pollution

Single-use plastic tableware, such as straws, cutlery and plates, could be phased out in Hong Kong from 2025 under a government's plan aimed at reducing pollution. A green group welcomed the plan outlined by environment officials on Friday, saying people needs to change their habits. Officials say around 200 tonnes…

Greenpeace UK has released additional video clips of its explosive, undercover interview of one of ExxonMobil’s top lobbyists. In these new video segments, Keith McCoy, senior director of federal relations for the oil giant, describes how the company’s playbook for dealing with public outrage over its plastic pollution is “just…

Surface-floating macroplastic item with a decapod, sampled from the German research vessel SONNE during expedition SO268/3 crossing the North Pacific Ocean from Vancouver to Singapore in summer, 2019. ©Gritta Veit-Köhler Senckenberg. Credit: ©Gritta Veit-Köhler Senckenberg Current rates of plastic emissions globally may trigger effects that we will not be able…

The food industry wants to find a solution to the problem of the dramatic rise in the production of throwaway plastics that are failing to be contained, controlled, reused and recycled. According to researchers at the University of Edinburgh, low cost and low intensity technologies to valorise post-consumer plastic waste are…

media captionSchoolchildren in Cornwall gave partners of world leaders a special performance in an open-air theatreChildren have held a special performance for the partners of the G7 leaders at a cliff-top theatre. A motorcade wound down narrow lanes to reach the Minack Theatre which overlooks picturesque Porthcurno beach on Cornwall's…

EnvironmentPlanet PossibleEven producers have an interest in global rules on plastic waste that would resolve the inconsistencies among countries. ByLaura Parker Published June 8, 2021 • 8 min read The simple plastic bag has come to symbolize the world’s growing problem with plastic waste. Yet globally, there are seven definitions…

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/ Africa On the ground Issued on: 05/06/2021 - 15:24Modified: 05/06/2021 - 15:26 François Dikoume, president of the Matanda Ecotour associating on the Wouri River in Douala, Cameroon. The association has been collecting plastic waste from the river. © FRANCE 24 screen grab Text by: Regina SONDO | Marcel AMOKO…

Battle of the Plastics: The Animals Story, a new book by Jazmyn Marie Bowman Eberts, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. The SAFETY of animals are here for all to read! From land, to different seas, the animals are in need. They are all counting on you, and…

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities said Thursday they are preparing for the worst-case scenario of a possible oil slick from the burnt-out cargo ship sinking off Colombo’s main harbour. The Marine Environment Protection Authority readied oil dispersants, booms and skimmers in case of a leak from the MV X-Press Pearl, which…