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Plastics and the Environment
These Start-Ups Are Leading The Fight Against Plastic Waste
Circular Economy
How community cardboard shredding in Hawaii is helping residents, businesses and the environment
Circle Pack is a grassroots organization in Hawaii that is turning cardboard waste into usable material for great soil quality for gardeners and farmers.
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Here's why paint microplastic emissions must be at the top of the global environmental agenda
Paint microplastic emissions account for more than half of estimated total annual ocean microplastic leakage and more needs to be done to tackle the issue.
Plastics and the Environment
Octopuses Found Using Litter For Shelter In The Oceans
Plastics and the Environment
These Two Ingenious Innovations Battle River Plastic
Plastics and the Environment
Tire particle pollution may be harming freshwater and estuary ecosystems
Two studies have looked at the impact of exposure to tire particles on ocean and freshwater species. Researchers have found ways to reduce harmful effects.
Plastics and the Environment
This is how to ensure sustainable alternatives to plastic
In trying to solve the plastic pollution problem, we may have created another problem: we are replacing plastic with materials that have a carbon footprint up to 3 times higher than plast...
Plastics and the Environment
The Ocean Will Have 4 Times More Plastic Trash In It By 2050
Plastics and the Environment
A global plastic treaty - that tackles production as well as waste - is within reach, says UN
United Nations negotiators agreed on a roadmap for a global plastic treaty that would address plastic production and design, as well as waste management.
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Stopping marine plastic pollution from rivers requires efficient and cost-effective technologies
To tackle marine plastic pollution, it is necessary to solve the problem as far ‘upstream’ as possible.
Plastics and the Environment
These countries are measuring plastic pollution – as the first step to tackle it
Amidst growing recognition of the plastic pollution crisis, countries are increasingly pushing for the creation of a global treaty for plastic pollution.
Davos 2022
Here's why the world needs a treaty on plastic pollution
A global plastic pollution treaty would help to hold polluters accountable and reduce the waste that clogs up oceans and contributes to climate change.
Plastics and the Environment
How A Zambian Company Produces Fuel From Used Tyres
Plastics and the Environment
Plastic pollution: Why we urgently need a comprehensive global treaty
Businesses and governments are calling for an urgent and binding global treaty on plastic pollution with ambitious targets akin to net-zero emissions.
Governance for Sustainability
The time is now to commit to a binding global framework to address plastic pollution
Plastics are filling our environment. At the United Nations Environmental Assembly, world leaders must strike a binding agreement to end plastic pollution.
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