Tag: plastic waste

Plastic waste has become a pervasive environmental, societal, and health issue, with an estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic finding ...

The European Commission is once again tackling microplastic pollution. After the glitter ban was announced earlier this month, the EU ...

Every week, humans could be ingesting between 0.1–5 g of microplastics on average, as per some scientists’ predictions. Every year, plastic ...

With microplastics thought to be potentially widely spread throughout the environment and human body; plastic waste of all shapes and ...

On May 10, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and the Swiss Federal ...

A recent study published in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal on April 17 revealed that the Great Pacific Garbage ...

Recycling has been a commonly practiced form of waste disposal for decades, an eco-friendly option for getting rid of our ...

Instead of planning resolutions for the whole year to come, take 2023 one step at a time by setting a ...

Arqlite is a recycling technology company on a mission to accelerate the elimination of plastics from oceans and landfills. Arqlite ...

Disposable nappies are convenient, clean, and make new parents' lives much easier. But they also come with a cost. Babies ...

Forget oil spills - plastic spills are just as harmful, but they are not recognised as hazardous in the same ...

As Indonesia faces a plastic waste emergency, environmentalists have turned to art to highlight the severity of this issue. A ...