E-commerce and Plastic Packaging Regulations
This article is part of a series that examines e-commerce and its role in contributing to the plastic packaging waste ...
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85% of People Want Global Ban on Single-Use Plastics
Latest Ipsos poll on what should be in a soon-to-be concluded global plastic pollution treaty shows unequivocal public support for ...
Global Plastics Treaty: A Monumental Opportunity to Achieve the SDGs
Thanks to the years-long hard work of civil society, grassroots communities and scientists, history was made when the United Nations ...
Lifetime Cost of Plastic 10 Times Higher for Low-Income Countries Than Rich Ones
A WWF-commissioned report developed by Dalberg warns that the true cost of plastic on the environment, health and economies can be ...
Companies ‘Significantly off Track’ to Eliminate Plastic Waste and Pollution, Report Shows
Plastic waste has become a pervasive environmental, societal, and health issue, with an estimated 12 million tonnes of plastic finding ...
Addressing Plastic Packaging Waste in E-Commerce Retail
E-commerce retail, the selling of goods and services online from businesses to consumers directly, has benefitted from steady growth since it first ...
Coca-Cola Plans to Make Bottle Tops From CO2
Coca-Cola, a global leader in the beverage industry and one of the world's biggest plastic consumers, appears to be embarking ...
Massive Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch: Can It Be Contained?
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or Pacific trash vortex, is a collection of marine debris spanning from the North American ...
WWF Calls for a Global Ban on ‘Harmful and Unnecessary’ Single-Use Plastic Items Ahead of Key UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks
WWF is calling on governments to support global bans and phase-outs of the "most high-risk and unnecessary" single-use plastic products ...
Scientists Find Microbes That Can Break Down Plastic in the Cold
On May 10, scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) and the Swiss Federal ...
Plastic Waste Is Creating New Communities on the Ocean’s Surface
A recent study published in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal on April 17 revealed that the Great Pacific Garbage ...
Why We Should Not Reuse Plastic Water Bottles
Taking a swig from your plastic water bottle will do more than slake your thirst — you will also be ...
