How plastics contribute to climate change Yale Climate Connections
In 2015, Texas A&M graduate student Christine Figgener recorded a video of her colleagues removing a straw lodged in a turtle’s nostril. The video went viral, …
Category: Plastic Waste Reduction
The Benefits of Using Post-Consumer Plastics AZoCleantech
This article discusses the benefits of switching our use of single-use plastic to post-consumer plastics.
Plastic collected by The Ocean Cleanup will be burned to generate electricity Dezeen
Dutch non-profit The Ocean Cleanup plans to burn some of the plastic it collects from the Pacific Ocean, Dezeen has learned.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Cleaning up the plastic in the ocean – 60 Minutes CBS News
Take a look around, odds are you’re surrounded by plastic. It’s in our kitchens and in our bedrooms, it keeps our food *fresh* and our medicine safe. It is, in many …
10 things you can’t put in your household recycling BBC News
Recycling household products can be a simple way to help the environment – but it’s not always straightforward. McDonald’s admitted earlier this month that its …
Plastic Bank: Ending Poverty by Turning Plastic into Profit Ever Widening Circles
What if we could eliminate most plastic waste, alleviate poverty, and clean up our oceans all at the same time? This isn’t an idea for the future, it’s a movement …
This baby sea mammal captured people’s hearts. She just died from eating plastic. The Washington Post
A beloved baby marine mammal in Thailand has died after consuming plastic and experiencing shock, Thai officials said Saturday. The young dugong, a relative …
Column: What you should put in the blue recycling bin Los Angeles Times
What can be recycled in Los Angeles? Some plastic, all glass, most paper, but not your garden hose.
Delhi tops in generating plastic waste Times of India
India News: A 2015 study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board in 60 major Indian cities estimated that these cities were generating around 4059 …
New methanolysis circular recycling technology could help tackle plastic waste problem Hydrogen Fuel News
Tennessee-based specialty materials company, Eastman, has developed a circular recycling technology that can manage polyester waste.