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 […]
By Ajit Niranjan Leaders from across the world have promised to turn environmental degradation around and put nature on the path to recovery within a decade. “We are in a state of planetary emergency,” the 65 leaders, who include German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, wrote ahead of a UN biodiversity […]
New Jersey is one step closer to passing what environmental advocates say is the strongest anti-plastic legislation in the nation. The state Legislature passed a sweeping measure Thursday that would ban plastic bags from stores and restaurants and single-use food and drink containers made from polystyrene foam, The New York Times reported. The ban is […]
A “trash tsunami” has washed ashore on the beaches of Honduras, endangering both wildlife and the local economy. The trash is mostly plastic waste, Voice of America reported Tuesday, and it is polluting the typically pristine tropical beaches of Omoa in the country’s north. Honduran officials said Saturday that the refuse was coming from the […]
A national park in Thailand has come up with an innovative way to make sure guests clean up their own trash: mail it back to them. Thailand’s Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa issued a stern warning to visitors of the country’s Khao Yai National Park last week. “I will pick up every single piece of your […]
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 […]
Lego said on Tuesday that it plans to stop using plastic bags inside of box sets and replace them with paper ones. The Danish company said it would start making the switch next year and aimed to completely phase out plastic bags by 2025. It said children liked the paper alternative “as they were environmentally […]
We may have already passed peak demand for oil. This suggestion comes from an unlikely source: fossil-fuel giant BP. The company released its annual Energy Outlook report Monday, and found that oil demand may have already peaked in 2019, as the rise in renewable energy intersects with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, The Guardian […]
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