Plastic Pollution

Plastic is a plague upon this planet of ours. It’s on the highest mountain peaks and in the deepest parts of the ocean, in rivers, soil, and the air we breathe. And it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, because it was built to last a dozen lifetimes. It’s a m…

Plastic is a plague upon this planet of ours. It’s on the highest mountain peaks and in the deepest parts of the ocean, in rivers, soil, and the air we breathe. And it’s not going anywhere anytime soon, because it was built to last a dozen lifetimes. It’s a m…

Launched in 2010, Nowness has been at the vanguard of video content for the best part of almost a decade now, and the platforms latest project sees it tackling the present days hottest topic: climate change. #SurvivalSeason, a quartet of new short films whic…

#the100kinitiative have been developed for sustainable beverage brand Found X Oceana, the world’s largest ocean conservation group.100,000 Bottles to commemorate 100,000 marine mammals impacted by plastic. 100% of profits go to Oceana to fight plastic pollu…

People start pollution. People can stop it. That was the tag line of the famous Crying Indian ad campaign that first aired on Earth Day in 1971. It was, as it turns out, a charade. Not only was Iron Eyes Cody actually an Italian-American actor, the campaign i…

7) Write a brief note on plastic menace that the current and future generations are to face. How can we prevent ocean pollution due to plastics? What advancements are being made in recycling plastics? Discuss.(250 words)Why this question: The question is str…

Plastic contamination is rampant in bottled water. That was the unsettling conclusion of a study published last year in Frontiers in Chemistry that analyzed samples taken from 259 bottled waters sold in several countries and found that 93% of them contained “…

Malaysia will send back almost 3,000 metric tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste to countries including the United States, Great Britain, Canada and Australia in a move to avoid becoming a "dumping ground" for rich nations. Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin…

Pat – aka ‘Action Nan – is a 70-year-old beach cleaner from Cornwall. Two years ago, Pat watched a documentary about plastic pollution and it spurred her into action. She decided she would clean a beach every week, removing discarded pieces of rubbish and pla…

In May 2018, a startling study revealed that there was an "unexpected and persistent increase" of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in the atmosphere. At the time, scientists could not pinpoint the exact location of the polluting and ozone-depleting gas, but subsequ…