Plastic Pollution

GAETA, LAZIO, ITALY - 2020/06/08: An obviously worn-out mouth and nose protection mask lies thrown ... away on the beach, in Gaeta city. (Photo by Salvatore Laporta/KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images) KONTROLAB/LightRocket via Getty Images For Italian seas, plastic pollution is getting worse in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The…

In Thailand's urban areas plastic food containers, cutlery and bags have piled up, clogging canals and rivers Single-use plastic waste in Thailand ballooned during the coronavirus lockdown as demand for home food deliveries soared, activists say, setting back efforts to reduce the country's dependency on the environmental scourge. The contagion…

(Credit: As You Sow)Today, As You Sow released its “Waste & Opportunity 2020: Searching for Corporate Leadership” report analyzing the actions, or inactions, of 50 of the largest US consumer-facing companies to reduce plastic pollution. The report concludes that companies are far too slow in adopting responsive actions and promoting reusability, recyclability, or…

KAWANISHI-CITY, HYOGO PREFECTURE, Japan, June 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental problems such as plastic pollution, global warming due to human population explosion, are getting severe in the world and especially the microplastic problem in the marine environment is becoming a devastating issue. It is predicted that the amount of plastic garbage…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The way politicians communicate with constituents has never been more important than during the COVID-19 pandemic, say experts. Dr. Nikki Soo of Cardiff University led a study with Dr. James Weinberg and Dr. Kate Dommett at the University of Sheffield, which investigated how people reacted to…

Researchers examined filters from field sites in several national parks and wilderness areas and did visual counts of microplastic beads and fragments deposited by wind and precipitation. The pennies are used to hold each filter in place on the microscope stage. Credit: Brian Kartchner, Utah State University Utah State University…

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New Partnership Focuses on Solutions in Urbanizing Cities in AsiaSINGAPORE, June 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a new partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to address global ocean plastic pollution by implementing local solutions across rapidly urbanizing…

New Partnership Focuses on Solutions in Urbanizing Cities in AsiaSINGAPORE, June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) today announced a new partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to address global ocean plastic pollution by implementing local solutions across rapidly urbanizing…

Alessandra Ambrosio paid homage to the worlds oceans by posting a heartfelt message to her Instagram on International Oceans Day. The Victoria’s Secret model is spending her quarantine in her home country of Brail, which makes it pretty easy for her to spend time in the ocean. She put on…