Tax plastic takeaway boxes: the scourge of the oceans
Taxing plastic takeaway boxes will help to reduce the massive amount of plastic which is dumped into the oceans.
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Plastic packaging is often pollution for profit
Yet plastic itself isn’t inherently evil as sometimes the environmental benefits outweigh the costs. So how to tell good plastic from bad?
As negotiations on a global plastics treaty stall, cleanup efforts are more vital than ever
Cleanup is needed to mitigate ecological, economic and social impacts of plastic pollution now and in the future.
The plastic recycling system is broken – here’s how we can fix it
The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Nearly a quarter of people in the UK flush wet wipes down the toilet – here’s why they shouldn’t
It’s estimated that 1.63 million tons of material will be produced in 2023 for wet wipes.
We have international laws to stop plastic pollution from fishing vessels now. Why are we not enforcing them?
Better enforcement of existing international laws would be a much faster way of addressing plastic pollution from fishing vessels than waiting for a new treaty to be adopted.
Nigeria’s plastic pollution is harming the environment: steps to combat it are overdue
The Nigerian government must do more to combat increasing plastic pollution in the country.
Four simple ways you can reduce pollution in your local river
How to cut down on toxic chemicals found in common household products.
Here’s how the new global treaty on plastic pollution can help solve this crisis
A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a take-make-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.
We need a global treaty to solve plastic pollution – acid rain and ozone depletion show us why
United Nations efforts to advance a global treaty on plastic pollution echo past multilateral agreements that tackled ozone layer depletion and acid rain.
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