Plastic Pollution

It’s official: Your reusable mug has been tainted — with suspicion. Starbucks announced last Wednesday that it is “pausing the use of personal cups and ‘for here’ ware in our stores” due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, and Dunkin’ and Tim Hortons quickly followed suit. That secondhand side-eye doesn’t just…

“It’s becoming more and more apparent that we need to do something” about climate change and sustainability, she says. “It has to come from more of a grass-roots level.”In the Greater Boston area and beyond, zero-waste products are becoming a familiar staple of existing retail shops and dedicated new ones…

The worms’ ability to munch on polyethylene and poop glycol seems to stem from the peculiar bacteria that dwell in their intestines.Researchers at Brandon University in Canada have made progress in understanding the nature of a tiny worm that can apparently survive on a diet of plastic, Forbes reports. As…

The sustainable technology firm is disrupting the materials science industry by eliminating single and multi-use plastic wasteGILBERT, Ariz., March 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Footprint, a sustainable technology firm specializing in materials science announced that Fast Company ranked it number 38 on the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies for 2020.Footprint Logo…

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Sea turtle lies lifeless, wrapped in plastic on the shores of Porto de Galinhas beach on January 12, 2017 in Ipojuca, Brazil.Marcos Souza | Brazil Photo Press | LatinContent via Getty ImagesAcross the world, sea turtles are swallowing bits of plastic in the ocean and often dying as a result. There…

Fossil Fuels Published on March 8th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor March 8th, 2020 by Guest Contributor  The Sacred Rivers Climate Project (SRCP) is helping stop climate change while fighting some of the most pressing existential threats to human health and dignity: loss of habitat, biodiversity, and air, water, and…

This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Let’s say you lost your headphones, so you order replacements on Amazon. They arrive in a blue-and-white Amazon-branded plastic envelope. Inside, there’s a clear plastic bag, and inside that, a hard…

You see them in a variety of products on grocery store shelves: bags, cutlery and coffee pods made of what's known as compostable plastic. But watch what Marketplace discovered about what actually happens when you put them in your green bin. As the plastic pollution problem deepens, interest has grown…

A species of caterpillar may provide answers on how to best eradicate plastic waste, a 300 million ton per year problem.The waxworm, researchers discovered in 2017, is seemingly able to eat through common types of plastic – including polyethylene, a nonbiodegradable type of plastic that is the most commonly used worldwide."They are…