Microplastics are accumulating in our food, water, air and bodies – yet UK regulations aren’t designed to reduce them.
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Plastic waste expert Mark Miodowonik explains the history of plastic and why he believes manufacturers must be responsible for making sure plastic is recycled.
COP29 should end subsidies to fossil fuel companies, compel large-scale emitters to compensate affected regions and ensure that carbon taxes reflect the true cost of cleaning up pollution.
In Australia, the taxpayer has footed the bill for the forever chemical clean-up so far. But this will have to change.
It’s far easier to see how the stock market is doing than it is to find out the global price of carbon. That has to change.
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