A nuclear solution for plastic waste?
The International Atomic Energy Agency has started a separate programme to battle the plastic soup using nuclear technology. Will it help?
The International Atomic Energy Agency has started a separate programme to battle the plastic soup using nuclear technology. Will it help?
The European Commission finally published a draft proposal to restrict microplastics in certain products. While this is a huge win, some of the proposed measures are very disappointing.
On the beaches of Henderson, an island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, there is so much plastic that it is turning the sand a few degrees warmer.
Governments mostly leave the initiative of reducing plastic pollution to companies. But two thirds of the promises made by these companies are not acted on.
Pioneering research suggests the scale of invisible nanoplastics in the Wadden Sea, and points to the potential dangers for marine life.
Industry can no longer deny adding to the plastic soup. Apologies are now being given for a report dating from 2015
ClientEarth has taken the Flemish authorities to court to block petrochemicals giant INEOS’ plastics project.
Level one of the gas crisis issued. To be less dependent on fossil fuels, we can also use less plastic.
An ingenious invention that extracts water from the air could make PET bottles redundant. How realistic is this promise?
Adult pigs may eat 1.5 grammes of plastic every day. Completely legally. How is it possible that we allow this to happen?
By the end of this year, there should be a global plastic treaty that will stop plastic pollution of our planet. To achieve this, the United Nations environment department is organising the Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee on Plastic Pollution negotiations. The 4th round, INC4, took place in Ottawa Canada. The new plastics treaty is considered one of the most important environmental agreements made since the Paris climate accords in 2015. The stakes are high and that was evident in Ottawa.
Eighty-five per cent of citizens want single-use plastic packaging to disappear completely. This is according to new research by Ipsos commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Plastic Free Foundation. Entrepreneurs who abandon packaging or make it more sustainable seem to have tapped into a goldmine – but part of the business community is still deaf and dumb. ‘People are getting fed up with all the plastic in the supermarket.’
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