Tag: Plastic pollution
Plastic Free July: recycling is the ambulance at the bottom of the cliff. It’s time to teach kids to demand real change from the...
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Plastic Free July has rolled around again and we’ll all be hearing about reducing plastic use in our daily lives. Much of the messaging is...
These are the plastic items that most kill whales, dolphins, turtles and seabirds
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How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent the deaths...
Millions of face masks are being thrown away during COVID-19. Here’s how to choose the best one for the planet
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Face masks are part of our daily lives during the pandemic. Many are made from plastics and designed to be used just...
For decades, scientists puzzled over the plastic ‘missing’ from our oceans – but now it’s been found
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You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each...
Stop shaming and start empowering: advertisers must rethink their plastic waste message
A woman sorts plastic bottles at a workshop in Hanoi. The world
is being overwhelmed by plastic waste, and companies should do more...