Plastic Pollution

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A team of the University of Barcelona has studied for the first time the presence of microplastics on the coasts of Barcelona, thanks to the participation of citizens gathering scientific samples. The study, published in the journal Science of The Total Environment, is a pioneer citizen…

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AROMATICA, a clean and ethical beauty brand based in Korea, announced the launch of the newly refreshed Reviving Rose Infusion Toner, Serum and Cream with richer moisturizing and reviving formulas. Prior to the increased awareness of environmental protection, AROMATICA has taken on…

Plastics waste littering our beaches. Dustan Woodhouse/Unsplash The facts about plastics pollution make for grim reading. According to a Plastic Oceans report, 350 million tons of plastic are produced every year, more, they say, than the combined weight of 7.7 billion human beings in the world. Eight million tons of…

THE REAL REASON YOU CAN’T USE THE GROCERY BAG OF YOUR CHOICE: The Perverse Panic over Plastic. The green campaign against plastic isn’t merely a waste of time and money. Besides inconveniencing humans, it’s harmful to the environment. Banning plastic grocery bags contributes to global warming because it leads to more…

Photo: Getty Companies say that a lot of single-use plastic items are recyclable: cups, trays, lids, cutlery, straws, stirrers. But it turns out those claims are misleading. Recycling facilities can only recycle a handful of the types of plastic being sent their way. That means many plastic products that many…

By Godfrey Bivbere •Maritime Academy, OronTHE Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, in collaboration with Marine and Environment Care is set to roll out a campaign against marine plastic pollution. Addressing the audience at the Academy’s auditorium, the Rector, Commodore Emmanuel Effedua (retd), expressed his commitment to the campaign to end marine…

Investors don’t fear Sen. Bernie Sanders as much as they do Sen. Elizabeth Warren in becoming the Democratic nominee for president. Both have proposed massive government spending, including an overhaul of the country’s health-care system, but Sanders has pulled ahead in primaries so far. Want evidence? Check out the following…

Having lived in Madrid for almost two years, I have been struck by the extent of single-use and disposable plastic, styrofoam and polystyrene. Plastic reigns supreme, it is everywhere. Worringly, there often appears to be a carefree attitude toward the damage plastic and other trash has on the environment, the…

We refer to our report on “Plastic Packaging in Southeast Asia and China”. Headlines in the media have claimed that Malaysia is the top plastic ocean polluter in Asia. We would like to clarify that we are disappointed with the inaccurate and misleading headlines of these articles. Our report cited…

Associate Researcher Dimitri Deheyn is studying how microfibers degrade in the environment, through experiments in the ocean and in the lab. Credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Flying somewhere over the planet, there's a plane equipped with research-grade, double-sided tape on the outside of its hull. Each time the pilot…