Earthshot prize – nominations sought for the “Build a waste-free world” theme
The Earthshot Prize is a new global prize for the [...]
‘Very high’ levels of microplastic waste at some of Sydney’s most popular beaches
Some of Sydney’s favourite harbour beaches suffer very high levels [...]
The top plastic polluters 2021
In it's annual report Break Free From Plastic ranked the [...]
Mapping the world’s illicit plastic waste dumpsites
The Basel Action Network, a global watchdog group tracking the [...]
Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
Scientists have discovered marine animals living on plastic debris in [...]
World Can’t Recycle Its Way Out of Plastic Crisis
Recycling will not be able to contain a runaway global [...]
New Initiative to Create Bioplastics Made for Marine Degradation
Much of the trash in the ocean originates from single-use [...]
25,000 metric tons of pandemic-related plastic waste have ended up in the ocean
During the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 28,000 tons (25,000 metric [...]
NEWS: Plastic waste could soon be causing ‘irreversible damage’ to the environment
Plastic pollution is a global problem and it’s reaching such [...]