Plastic Pollution

Since the Chinese plastic recycling market closed, 58% of New Zealand’s plastic waste goes to countries in South-East Asia. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND New Zealand is ranked the third-most-wasteful country in the OECD. New Zealanders produce five time…

Image copyrightBangor UniversityImage caption The food packaging trays are made from grass, straw and maize stalks Grass, straw and maize stalks could provide alternatives to plastic packaging, scientists have said. Bangor University researchers are worki…

In recent months, Billie Eilish has been increasingly vocal about the impending environmental crisis, confronting a world on fire in her all the good girls go to hell video, and urging her fans to live a greener lifestyle. Now, the singer is offering free gig…

Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. But on the ground, there's a different scene: plas…

All business establishments, especially hotels, hospitals and diagnostic centres in the district, violating the waste management norms should be identified and stringent action should taken against them, Collector V. Vinay Chand has said. Medical waste The…

Brewing giant Heineken has become the latest beer firm to replace the plastic six-pack rings with an environmentally friendly alternative in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. The firm will replace the plastic rings, which hold multiple cans together, with a…

Earlier this fall, Airbnb announced that it would be accepting applications for a month-long, all-expenses-paid research expedition to the most remote destination on Earth: Antarctica. In total, 140,000 people hailing from 200 countries and territories applie…

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November 7th, 2019 by Andrea Bertoli  Currently there is a little bill with big impact making its way through the Honolulu City Council, and its set to make history. Bill 40, which has already passed two readings in the Council, is set to be one of the most …

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land with pristine white sand beaches that are teeming with life. B…