Plastic Pollution

Microplastic pollution has become so ubiquitous, its almost easier to find places covered in the stuff than not. High peaks, low valleys, and even the air we breathe is filled with microscopic bits of plastic. New research published on Wednesday in Science …

A club in southern Assams Hailakandi town is promoting biodegradable flags that grow into plants. These handmade cotton flags are embedded with seeds of marigold. After use, a flag should be planted with respect and some soil and water poured on it. The fla…

Scientists have developed a new method to investigate links between top predator diets and the amount of microplastic they consume through their prey. The new research from Abertay University in collaboration with Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the Univer…

Coke launched its bottled water brand, Dasani, 20 years ago. It’s now the bestselling bottled water in the U.S. at a time when bottled water is also the country’s best-selling beverage. The industry sells billions of bottles in a year—and it knows that most o…

Coke launched its bottled water brand, Dasani, 20 years ago. It’s now the bestselling bottled water in the U.S. at a time when bottled water is also the country’s best-selling beverage. The industry sells billions of bottles in a year—and it knows that most o…

London: Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. Published in the journal Scientific Reports, the study found that turtles strongly favour narrow lengths of plastic in natural colo…

German Environment Minister Svenja Schulze has said she plans to introduce a law to ban the use of plastic bags. "My ministry will get a plastic bag ban on its way," the Social Democrat said in Berlin on Sunday, without providing a timeline. She said the go…

The coastal village of Kinvara in Co Galway has forged an alliance of young people, artists and committed locals to tackle plastic pollution in their locality, including nearby beaches and sea. In their latest initiative, they have produced a series of billb…

If you aren’t aware of the gigantic problem of plastic pollution in Earth’s oceans, well, congratulations on your low media consumption but it’s time to emerge from that rock you’re living beneath. According to the World Economic Forum, there will be more pla…

Green turtles are more likely to swallow plastic that resembles their natural diet of sea grass, new research suggests. The turtles strongly favour narrow lengths of plastic in natural colours like green and black, rather than debris of other shapes and colo…