Around the holidays, it’s estimated that Americans throw out an extra 1 million tons of trash per week – and one of the biggest offenders of seasonal waste is single-use gift wrap. Use the tips in this eco-friendly gift wrapping guide to cut down your environmental impact this year. 1. Wrap Boxes With Brown Paper Bags […]
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have discovered a link between air pollution, food delivery and plastic waste. In a study published in Nature Human Behavior, the researchers found that the more polluted air outside is, the more likely office employees are to use food delivery services. This, in turn, increases the waste […]
By Dr. Kate Raynes-Goldie Of all the plastic we’ve ever produced, only 9% has been recycled. So what happened to all that plastic you’ve put in the recycling bin over the years? Hands up if you grew up thinking that recycling plastic waste is key to saving the environment. It turns out that for decades […]
A new study from the University of California at Santa Barbara has found that synthetic clothes released about 4,000 metric tons of plastic microfibers into California’s environment in 2019. For context, that’s about 80 million plastic rubber ducks in California, or 130,000 times as many stars as there are in the Milky Way galaxy, The […]
Microplastics can be found everywhere from Antarctica to the Pyrenees. A significant amount of plastic waste ends up in the ocean, but very little has been known about how much ends up on the ocean floor — until now. A new study has found that the ocean floor contains nearly 15.5 tons of microplastics, CNN […]
Scientists are on the brink of scaling up an enzyme that devours plastic. In the latest breakthrough, the enzyme degraded plastic bottles six times faster than previous research achieved, as The Guardian reported. This new super-enzyme is able to break down plastic at room temperature, setting it apart from the enzyme that the French company […]
The plastic recycling model was never economically viable, but oil and gas companies still touted it as a magic solution to waste, selling the American public a lie so the companies could keep pushing new plastic. “The bottle may look empty, yet it’s anything but trash,” claims a 1990 ad showing a plastic bottle bouncing […]
By Lisa Newcomb Analysis released Thursday of the world’s top 10 biggest plastic polluters in 15 countries reveals how major corporations hide behind the veneer of corporate responsibility while actively working to thwart regulatory legislation around the globe. “This report is a damning exposé of the tactics employed by the plastics industry and shines a […]
By Regina Frei and Diego Vazquez-Brust The secretive way in which plastic recycling is handled in the UK carries the potential for the next big scandal. While the government’s statutory guidance is supposed to clarify who is responsible, our research suggests that what happens to plastics we believe to be recycled in the UK is […]
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