Plastic Pollution

India ranks number three in terms of plastic fibres found in a sample of tap water 82.4 per cent of tap water sampled contained over 4 plastic fibres per 500 ml, according to a study by the University of Newcastle, Australia, and published by the World Wildli…

Companies are increasingly opting towards upcylcing measures for environmental sustainability. (Getty Images/Thinkstock) Have you ever imagined wearing an ocean-friendly T-shirt made of plastic? When used plastic bottles are washed and chopped into flakes, m…

Climate change may be messing with corals ability to reproduce, threatening them with extinction, according to a new study. Published in Science Thursday, the new paper sheds light on the ways climate change may be disrupting coral spawning, an extraordinary…

Scientists warn we are now entering the plastic age

In the mid-1950s, domesticated cats in Minamata, Japan mysteriously began to convulse and fall into the bay. The people of Minamata took on similar symptoms shortly after, losing their ability to speak, move, and think. Chisso Corp., a Japanese chemical comp…

The amount of plastic fragments in Santa Barbara Basin sediments has been increasing exponentially since the end of World War II, according to a study by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego. The shar…

Video-creation application TikTok teamed up with nonprofit Conservation International on the #SaveOurOceans challenge, aimed at addressing marine plastic pollution and protecting oceans, marine ecosystems and the people whose lives and livelihoods depend on t…

When a package from Amazon arrives at your doorstep, it’s hard not to be a little shocked by the amount of packaging involved in getting those extra-strength Odor-Eaters and Doritos Jacked to your front door. While not having to face the store clerk with your…

People Are Shaming Woman Bragging About Getting 144 Pre-Pasted Single-Use Toothbrushes

Spotted: Together, Australian designers Tom Whitty, Alex Wadelton and photographer Stu Morley have launched the Future Landfill campaign to protest against the endorsement of plastic toys. The campaign was prompted after a popular Australian supermarket chain…