Plastic Pollution

The Trudeau government will ban single-use plastics as early as 2021, CBC News has learned from a government source. Plastic straws, cotton buds, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks are just some of the single-use plastics that will be banned …

SAN FRANCISCO  The problem of plastic pollution in the ocean is even worse than anyone feared. Tiny broken up pieces of plastic microplastic arent just floating at the waters surface but are pervasive down thousands of feet. Theres actually more microplastic …

Instagrammable pop-up museums are all the rage (see: Museum of Ice Cream, Dream Machine, Color Factory), but the latest iteration of the selfie-ready gallery trend is for a very good cause. The Museum of Plastic aims to teach the masses about plastic pollutio…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Plastic bottles are a huge source of marine pollution Nine coastlines have been identified as the places in the Mediterranean most polluted with plastic, a report says. They include top tourist spots such as Barcel…

But whatever the motivation, one danger may be that legal recyclers across Southeast Asia will now miss a chance to both scale up their business and help mitigate environmental problems, including the scourge of plastics in the oceans. Some plastic waste, if…

The story about ocean plastic pollution usually centers on plastic bottles and other packaging. But clothing is another part of the problem: Every time someone washes something made from polyester or another synthetic fabric, tiny fibers flow down the drain a…

By Kate O’Neill, Associate Professor, Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley. Originally published at The Conversation Less than two years after China banned most imports of scrap material from abroad, many of its neighbors are fol…

The first time self-described “ocean advocate” Emily Penn was confronted by the magnitude of the plastic pollution problem was during an international sailing expedition 10 years ago. She spotted bits of debris, things like toothbrushes, floating in the water…

On average, 8.8 million tons of plastic enters the ocean every year. The maximum amount could be closer to 14 million tons — about the weight of 2 million elephants. Most plastics take hundreds of years to break down. And even then, they just splinter into…

Strictly speaking, Im not a religious person. But I do believe that peoples faith, vis-a-vis the power of organized religion, could have a profound, if not near-miraculous, impact on the severely polluted state of our planet. For one, most religions possess …