Plastic Pollution

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: CARBIOS (Euronext Growth Paris: ALCRB) (Paris:ALCRB), a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announces the publication of an article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature, entitled “ An engineered PET-depolymerase to break down and recycle plastic bottles”. The…

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Britain's 'protected' beaches have just as much litter on them as those in unprotected areas - including plastic, fishing materials and sewage debrisHuman made litter has been found on beaches in many marine protection areas Kent, Devon and Cornwall were the worst locations for litter in protected zones The type of rubbish…

If you're not familiar with UN Sustainable Development Goal number 14, its aim is to "conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development" – and scientists just put together a 30-year plan to achieve that. Despite rapid warming, increasing acidification, plastic pollution, growing dead zones and…

A landfill extension for Wellington's ever-growing pile of rubbish could affect its neighbour - a world-famous ecosanctuary.   That's the fear of a city councillor, who says the race for the Wellington City Council to extend the near-full Southern Landfill by 2023 will affect Zealandia's precious bird life.   "We're about to destroy…

Getty Plastic bottles, carry bags, six-pack rings, plastic straws, disposable cutlery and styrofoam takeout containers—plastic products like these are so ubiquitous that we barely even notice them, let alone think of the damage they are doing to the environment.  Over 300 million tons of plastic is produced every year, 50%…

Can We Really Solve The Plastics Problem? The human impact on the earth, especially since the industrial revolution, is so profound that a group of scientists is lobbying for the current Holocene epoch (the stable climate era since the last ice age 12,000 years ago) to give way to the…

There are very few winners in a global pandemic, but it seems that the plastics industry might be one.  Less than six months ago, Massachusetts was on the verge of passing a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. At least 130 towns and cities across the commonwealth had already limited…

Key takeaways:In a global crisis, retailers across all sectors are forced to cut costs and shift priorities. That pressure can lead to sustainability initiatives being put on the backburner.Environmental organisations and tech companies will be watching to see if matters like climate change and workers’ rights will continue to receive…