Skip to content
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Infographics
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Infographics

‘We can’t carry on’: the godfather of microplastics on how to stop them

November 16, 2023
As a UN summit in Nairobi debates a treaty on plastic pollution, Richard Thompson, the biologist who first identified microplastics 30 years ago, explains…
Tags: Environmental Impact, Microplastic, Plastic Pollution
Publication: The Guardian
Read more...

Doing laundry by hand sheds just as many microfibres as machine washing – new research

October 31, 2023
Between 6,500 and 87,000 tonnes of microfibres are shed during domestic laundering every year in the UK. …
Tags: Microplastic, Plastic Pollution, Plastic Waste
Publication: The Conversation
Read more...

Clouds now contain plastic, risking contamination of ‘everything we eat and drink’

October 8, 2023
Airborne plastic particles found in cloud water …
Tags: Environmental Impact, Microplastic, Plastic Pollution
Publication: The Independent
Read more...

How microplastics are making their way into our farmland

August 13, 2023
Microplastic pollution is a global environmental problem that is ubiquitous in all environments, including air, water and soils. …
Tags: Environmental Impact, Microplastic, Plastic Pollution
Publication: The Conversation
Read more...

House Paint Has a Microplastic Problem

July 19, 2023
Over the course of the 20th century, lead in paint was replaced by plastic. It’s time for the next alternative. …
Tags: Microplastic, Paint, Plastic Pollution
Publication: Bloomberg
Read more...
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
Twitter Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
  • About
  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Contact
Twitter Facebook-f Instagram Linkedin