Plastic Pollution

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…

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed banning plastic, his spokesman said on Thursday, which could provide the impetus needed for the Congress of one of the world's top plastic polluters to pass environment protection laws. The…

Amid increasing concern about the effects of plastic pollution on marine ecosystems, a new study led by Portland State University found that North America is lagging behind other continents when it comes to understanding the potential risks that microplastics…

Think of marine plastic pollution and the image of a sea turtle stuck in a six-pack ring may leap to mind. Or in more recent days, the hotly contested plastic straw. But a new report by Greenpeace UK found that lost and abandoned fishing gear actually account…

Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an abandoned lobster cage covered in algae and other marine organisms. He pulled it up to the deck of the Arctic Sunrise, a Greenpeace vessel co…