Even Greenpeace finally admits that recycling plastic doesn't work
Sign of the Times,
© Reuters / Eloisa Lopez Recycling plastic has wasted vast sums on "an enterprise that has been harmful to the environment as…
© Reuters / Eloisa Lopez Recycling plastic has wasted vast sums on "an enterprise that has been harmful to the environment as…
Quick Key Facts Marine environments cover 70% of Earth. Over 50% of oxygen on the planet comes from oceans.
The trillions of pieces of plastic currently roving through the global ocean are known to be an assault on life.
New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas…
New research suggests that plastic could contribute to ocean acidification, especially in highly polluted coastal areas…
Recycling plastic is a bad idea and, until we can be sure of where it’s going, we should stop doing it.
If you put your plastic in your recycling bin, there’s a decent chance it will end up in the seas off east Asia.
Calcúlase que entre o 60-80% do lixo xenerado polos seres humanos é plástico e case o 10% acaba directamente ou indirectamente…
THE WEEK THAT WAS A PLASTICS APOLOGY — The tides are turning against chemical recycling.
Un gruppo di difesa ambientale aveva citato 5 Paesi poveri come i principali inquinatori di plastica negli oceani del mondo.
An environmental watchdog has retracted an influential report that blamed five Asian countries for the majority of plastic…
An environmental watchdog has retracted an influential report that blamed five Asian countries for the majority of plastic…
- NewsBreak An environmental watchdog has retracted an influential report that blamed five Asian countries for the majority of…
Der Citarum River, der die indonesische Hauptstadt Jakarta umgibt, ist berüchtigt als der am stärksten verschmutzter Fluss auf…
The Citarum River that skirts the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, is infamous as the most polluted river on Earth.
Most of the waste collected from the rivers and holding facilities in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is plastic, new field-based…
Most of the waste collected from the rivers and holding facilities in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is plastic, new field-based…
But there are gaps. Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics from…
There are promising start-ups across the continent transforming the plastic value chain into a smart, innovative and…
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270…
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270…
– By Seun Kolade, Associate professor, De Montfort University Plastic waste in Kampala, Uganda.
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270…
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270…
Plastic pollution is a growing global menace. Between 2010 and 2020, the global production of plastics increased from 270…
Amazon-Gründer Jeff Bezos stellt 100.000 elektrische Lieferwagen vor, die helfen sollen, sein Unternehmen bis 2040 klimaneutral…
Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Ende Juni in Elmau Bild: AP Wo Deutschland von Dürre betroffen ist +++ Waldbrände werden künftig…
Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz Ende Juni in Elmau Bild: AP Wo Deutschland von Dürre betroffen ist +++ Waldbrände werden künftig…
Millionen Tonnen Plastik schwimmen in den Ozeanen. In Australien zeigte der Darminhalt einer Schildkröte auf drastische Weise…
The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the ocean is being threatened with extinction by microplastics, a new study…
The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the ocean is being threatened with extinction by microplastics, a new study…
The deep sea serves as the “oceans’ garbage dump” – and it is surprisingly dynamic when it comes to deposition Senckenberg…
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz…
Seit Jahren erforschen Wissenschaftler intensiv die Plastikverschmutzung in Flüssen, Seen und den Meeren.
Kunststoff ist überall: Plastik-Rückstände werden in den entlegensten Winkeln der Erde nachgewiesen, selbst in der Antarktis…
High levels of microplastic pollution have been detected by a research team in the Western Pacific Kuril-Kamchatka Trench.
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hagenow: Ein Landwirt erntet mit seinem Mähdrescher Wintergerste auf einem Feld wegen der Hitze im Juni…
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute – Helmholtz…
Senckenberg researchers Serena Abel and Angelika Brandt, together with colleagues from the Alfred Wegener Institute—Helmholtz…
Abgebrannter Wald in Bad Liebenwerda in Brandenburg Bild: dpa Warum das Insektenzählung ein Dilemma ist +++ Wie hoch müsste der…
A fish-shaped robot that can collect tiny pieces of plastic waste has been developed by scientists at Sichuan University, China.
Statewide plastic bag ban goes into effect Plastic water bottles, plastic forks, plastic bags and polystyrene food containers…
article Plastic water bottles, plastic forks, plastic bags and polystyrene food containers will soon be just a memory at…
Plastic water bottles, plastic forks, plastic bags and polystyrene food containers will soon be just a memory at national parks.
article A plastic bottle that never made it to a trash can or recycle bin creek side.
Australia has cut plastic coastal litter by 29% in six years, at a time when levels of such waste are increasing in other parts…
Courtesy Mbongeni ButheleziMbongeni Buthelezi While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints Nadia Leigh-Hewitson, CNN…
While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
While other artists might use watercolors or oil paints, Mbongeni Buthelezi uses waste plastics to create highly textured…
By Kathryn Willis (University of Tasmania), Britta Denise Hardesty (CSIRO), Chris Wilcox (CSIRO) and Joanna Vince (University…
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
– By Britta Denise Hardesty, Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO Kathryn Willis, Author provided…
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
Kathryn Willis, Author provided It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
It’s common to hear about large amounts of plastic waste floating around our oceans.
Plastic pollution has become an alarming problem worldwide. A 2015 study published in Science Magazine projected that by 2025…
Plastic pollution has become an alarming problem worldwide. A 2015 study published in Science Magazine projected that by 2025…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Plastic pollution has become an alarming problem worldwide.
– By Dian Burhani, Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) Wahyu Putro A/Antara Plastic pollution has become an…
Wahyu Putro A/Antara Plastic pollution has become an alarming problem worldwide.
Plastic pollution has become an alarming problem worldwide. A 2015 study published in Science Magazine projected that by 2025…
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Governments and businesses have been calling for an international and legally binding treaty mandating targets to reduce…
Recycling and waste management aren’t enough to address our plastic pollution problem.
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Plastic trash floating on the Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jan. 21, 2020 Munir Uz Zaman/AFP via Plastic pollution is…
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Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100…
(THE CONVERSATION) Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans.
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Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100…
Beaches littered with plastic bottles and wrappers. Marine turtles, their stomachs filled with fragments of plastic.
Beaches littered with plastic bottles and wrappers. Marine turtles, their stomachs filled with fragments of plastic.
Beaches littered with plastic bottles and wrappers. Marine turtles, their stomachs filled with fragments of plastic.
Beaches littered with plastic bottles and wrappers. Marine turtles, their stomachs filled with fragments of plastic.
DAKAR, Senegal — As the marathon runners stretched and took their places on the starting line, one man stood out, dressed, as…