November 30, 2023
The ubiquitous use of plastic in our daily lives has a significant environmental impact from production to disposal. Plastic production is one of the…
November 14, 2023
A new analysis finds lower-income countries pay 8 times more for plastic’s social and environmental impacts.
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Publication: Grist
November 7, 2023
Governments around the world are securing their travel visas, rallying their best nerds and sharpening their pencils for the next big United Nations meeting…
Publication: Greenbiz.com
November 3, 2023
Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic…
Publication: Mongabay
November 1, 2023
E-commerce retail, the selling of goods and services online from businesses to consumers directly, has benefitted from steady growth since it first appeared in…
Publication: IISD
October 31, 2023
Between 6,500 and 87,000 tonnes of microfibres are shed during domestic laundering every year in the UK. …
Publication: The Conversation
October 20, 2023
12 million tonnes of plastic go into agriculture each year, some straight into the soil. Can we loosen plastic’s grip on farming?
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Publication: Anthropocene
October 14, 2023
Dotted across rolling green fields at Bramham Park, a rainbow of plastic sheets flapped in the wind….
Publication: CNN
October 14, 2023
Plastic credits can help fund waste cleanup, but they can also justify making more plastic.
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Publication: Grist
October 13, 2023
Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the…
Publication: The New York Times
October 13, 2023
In the bustling aisles of supermarkets and corner shops around the world, plastic sachets have silently carved a niche in our shopping baskets. …
October 9, 2023
Earlier this year, I was shopping at my local Loblaws supermarket when a box of doughnuts caught my eye. It wasn’t the icing and…
Publication: CBC