Articles - Plastic Waste
- Vape sellers to pay disposal costs under plans to end UK’s ‘throwaway culture’ - Guardian 12.08.25483702
- Ghana's waste pickers brave mountains of plastic - and big industry - Al Jazeera 07.08.25483448
- Plastics Cause Over $1.5 Trillion in 'Health-Related Economic Losses' Per Year Globally - CD 04.08.25483724
- The Lancet Countdown on health and plastics - Lancet 03.08.25483722
- Global Plastics Talks Set to Resume Next Month Must Prioritize Environment and Health, Experts Say - Inside Climate News 09.07.25480009
- Texas startup sells plastic-eating fungi diapers to tackle landfill waste - Reuters 16.06.25477852
- Unraveling the Link Between Plastics and Autism - Inside Climate News 20.05.25470539
- The toxic trail of food waste and plastic pollution - Sarawak Tribune 09.05.25477850
- How long does plastic take to decompose? The answer is terrifying - BGR 24.04.25477853
- Just 9.5% of plastic made in 2022 used recycled material, study shows - Guardian 10.04.25464564
- Plastic Pollution: A Growing Threat to Bangladesh’s Environment - Pressenza 16.01.25451606
- What is ‘waste colonialism’ and why has Thailand banned imports of plastic? - Al Jazeera 14.01.25450664
- Plastics industry used disinformation to lobby against ban on ‘forever chemicals’ - LFF 14.01.25451483
- First-Of-Its-Kind Study Uses Remote Sensing to Monitor Plastic Debris in Rivers and Lakes - ENN 20.12.24447342
- Scientists develop a plastic that degrades in the ocean without polluting - SMC 21.11.24477851
- Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’ - Guardian 20.11.24441491
- The plastics crisis is now a global human health crisis, experts say - Mongabay 19.11.24441981
- Global plastic production must be cut to curb pollution, study says - Guardian 14.11.24442381
- How the plastic mountain from healthcare could be recycled - Sonnenseite 21.08.24431006
- How Changing Your Daily Coffee Habits Can Make a Difference - CD 25.07.24426126
- Plastics companies blocked mitigation efforts and may have broken US laws – study - Guardian 26.06.24420586
- Only 22 Companies Out of 147 Are on Track to Meet Their Plastic Waste Reduction Targets, Report Finds - EcoWatch 12.06.24418641
- Treaty Negotiations Should See Plastics for What They Are: An Ocean Justice Crisis - Counter Currents 06.05.24414004
- Lawsuits Targeting Plastic Pollution Pile Up as Frustrated Citizens and States Seek Accountability - Inside Climate News 05.06.24417933
- Every Breath You Take: The Journey of Inhaled Plastic Particles - ENN 02.05.24412387
- 56 Companies Responsible for Half of Global Plastic Pollution That Researchers Could Trace - EcoWatch 25.04.24409131
- 4 false solutions that won’t solve the plastic pollution crisis - Greenpeace 23.04.24408963
- Plastics Summit 'Die-In' Highlights Need to Cut Production - CD 23.04.24409863
- Scientists Develop Framework to Measure Plastic Emissions and Bolster U.N. Efforts to Reduce Pollution - ENN 22.04.24409127
- New Data: Plastic Production Must Be Cut by 12% to 17% Per Year to Avoid Catastrophic Climate Change - Pressenza 21.04.24408526
- 'Progress Almost Invisible': World Set to Produce 220 Million Tonnes of Plastic Waste - CD 11.04.24408179
- Waste pickers are the hidden heroes tackling the world’s plastic pollution - Greenpeace 22.03.24404329
- Why plastic incineration is a social justice issue - Greenpeace 12.02.24404332
- Can Mushrooms Really Break Down Plastic? - EcoWatch 25.01.24396057
- The disposable cup crisis: what’s the environmental impact of a to-go coffee? - Guardian 22.01.24394814
- Why it matters that New York state is suing PepsiCo over single-use plastic - GreenBiz 08.12.23391148
- Hopes rising for historic treaty to curb plastic pollution - UN News 17.11.23384328
- Report: Switching to Reusable Packaging Could Eliminate 1 Trillion Single-Use Plastic Bottles and Cups - Sonnenseite 17.11.23384525
- ‘We are just getting started’: the plastic-eating bacteria that could change the world - Guardian 28.09.23374284
- How can the use of plastics in agriculture become more sustainable? - Sonnenseite 27.09.23374447
- Plastic Overshoot Day Spotlights Growing 'Climate Nightmare' of Global Waste - CD 28.07.23364834
- Plastic debris in lakes and reservoirs - Nature 12.07.23377638
- 'Say Goodbye to Plastic Produce Bags': New Zealand to Enforce Sweeping Single-Use Ban - CD 29.06.23359677
- Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt - Guardian 13.06.23360998
- As Second-Round Talks End, Activists Urge Nations to Not Let Industry Dilute Global Plastics Treaty - CD 02.06.23355227
- New Study Details How Mass-Scale Reuse Could Help End 'Scourge' of Plastic Pollution - CD 31.05.23351635
- Plastic recycling is failing – here’s how the world must respond - Conversation 30.05.23350018
- Developing country voices will be excluded at UN plastic talks, say NGOs - Guardian 18.05.23346728
- Plastic pollution could be slashed by 80% by 2040, UN says - Guardian 16.05.23346598
- Where There’s Plastic, There’s Fire. Indiana Blaze Highlights Concerns Over Expanding Plastic Recycling - Inside Climate News 12.04.23341340
- ‘It would survive nuclear Armageddon’: should plastic grass be banned? - Guardian 29.03.23337951
- From Gas Wells to Rubber Ducks to Incineration, the Plastics Lifecycle Causes ‘Horrific Harm’ to the Planet and People, Report Shows - Inside Climate News 21.03.23337979
- Anti-Plastic Coalition: East Palestine Disaster Exposes Need for 'Systemic Change' - CD 03.03.23343173
- The EU Is Cracking Down on Plastic. Will Others Follow? - Bloomberg Green 27.02.23335914
- How much will we sacrifice for plastics? - GreenBiz 24.02.23331611
- Sri Lanka moves on plastics ban in wake of wildlife deaths - Canary 14.02.23329706
- Inside Big Plastic’s Faltering $1.5 Billion Global Cleanup Effort - Bloomberg 20.12.22321421
- EU Takes Step Towards Banning Plastic Waste Exports - Al Jazeera 01.12.22317987
- Call for UK government to ban plastic waste exports - Chemistry World 17.11.22316054
- Compostable and Biodegradable Plastics Provide False Sense of Responsibility - Tree Hugger 17.11.22316051
- Worldwide plastic pollution ends up on on remote British island - Metro 17.11.22316055
- How to make plastic less of an environmental burden - Nature 16.11.22316059
- Treaty against plastic pollution: for the integration of the Extended Producer Responsibility model at the international level - Euractive 16.11.22316058
- COP 27 sponsor Coca-Cola is the worst global plastic polluter, reveals new report - The Week 16.11.22316050
- Where humans live, microplastics end up in rivers - Science Daily 16.11.22316056
- San Diego is the latest California city to ban single-use plastics - KPBS 16.11.22316052
- G20 leaders must join the fight against plastic pollution - Edie 16.11.22316057
- Tweet: Happy Trashiversary @CocaCola @PepsiCo @Nestle @Unilever and @MDLZ ! You are the top global plastic polluters of the last FIVE YEARS! Time to #BreakFreeFrom…316301
- Staffordshire pupils aim to make school plastic-free - BBC 15.11.22316053
- Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets - Reuters 02.11.22313370
- Germany to force plastic makers to help pay for cleanups - AP News 01.11.22313356
- Quitting single-use plastic in Japan - BBC 24.08.22302258
- Beyond Plastics: How Much Do We Love Life? - Common Dreams 07.08.22300607
- These startups seek to close the supply-and-demand gap for recycled plastics - Green Biz 25.07.22297206
- Take Plastic Free July one step further this year: hold the real polluters accountable - Greenpeace 01.07.22295390
- India bans 19 single-use plastic items to combat pollution - Al Jazeera 01.07.22293884
- Coca-Cola among brands greenwashing over packaging, report says - Guardian 30.06.22293306
- New Plastic Alternative Degrades Into Sugar - Eco Watch 30.06.22293282
- Without 'Radical Action,' Warns OECD, Global Plastic Pollution Likely to Triple by 2060 - CD 03.06.22289781
- If plastic comes from oil and gas, which come originally from plants, why isn’t it biodegradable? - Conversation 30.05.22289035
- Asian Elephants Are Ingesting Large Amounts of Plastic From Landfills in India - Eco Watch 25.05.22294289
- Planet vs. plastic: Three steps to solving the global plastics waste crisis - GreenBiz 18.05.22287265
- ‘People laugh but think twice’: Belgian cartoonist takes on plastic pollution - Guardian 10.05.22286413
- Fast-acting enzyme breaks down plastics in as little as 24 hours - New Atlas 27.04.22284642
- 86,000 bottles of water on the wall: Tonga struggles with post-volcano waste problem - Guardian 18.04.22282815
- Rush of lawsuits over plastic waste expected after ‘historic’ deal - Guardian 09.03.22276301
- Plastic waste treaty: expert Q&A on the promise of a global agreement to reduce pollution - Conversation 04.03.22276019
- First-Ever Global Plastic Pollution Treaty: What Is It and Why Is It Important? - Global Citizen 01.03.22275277
- How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem - Guardian 05.02.22277387
- World leaders agree to draw up ‘historic’ treaty on plastic waste - Guardian 02.02.22275165
- Plastic summit could be most important green deal since Paris accords, says UN - Guardian 25.02.22274450
- How ‘super-enzymes’ that eat plastics could curb our waste problem - Observer 05.02.22272588
- Global Plastic Pollution Is a 'Deadly Ticking Clock': Report - Common Dreams 18.01.22270204
- That’s a wrap: French plastic packaging ban for fruit and veg begins - Guardian 31.12.21267611
- ‘Waste colonialism’: world grapples with west’s unwanted plastic - Guardian 31.12.21267504
- World Talks on a Treaty to Control Plastic Pollution Are Set for Nairobi in February. How To Do So Is Still Up in the Air - Inside Climate News 25.12.21267478
- Latin America urges US to reduce plastic waste exports to region - Guardian 24.12.21266649
- Here Are the World's 10 Worst Plastic Polluters - Gizmodo 21.12.21267522
- Amazon’s plastic waste soars by a third during pandemic, Oceana report finds - Guardian 15.12.21 265210
- Bugs across globe are evolving to eat plastic, study finds - Guardian 14.12.21265129