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A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required
Posted on March 13, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource These parallel trends strongly suggest that plastic pollution in the world’s oceans during the past 15 years has reached unprecedented levels. The accelerating abundance of plastic in the OSL demands urgent international policy intervention to minimize ecological, social, and economic...
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Ocean plastic: How tech is being used to clean up waste problem
Posted on February 27, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Trying to solve the world's ocean plastic pollution problem has been a "long and painful journey" for Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat. The 28-year-old founder of non-profit environmental organisation The Ocean Cleanup has been working on ways to filter...
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Call for urgent overhaul of Australia’s monitoring of ‘astronomical’ plastic pollution – Australia
Posted on February 18, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource The Australian Academy of Science has called for an overhaul of the nation’s approach to studying plastic pollution, warning there is an over-reliance on volunteers and a lack of consistent data to document the “astronomical” problem. About three-quarters of rubbish...
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We’re taking Danone to court over plastic pollution – France
Posted on January 14, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource In September 2022, we issued legal warnings to Danone and a number of other companies including Nestlé France and McDonald's France, for inadequately addressing the risks related to the plastic pollution they produce. Danone responded, but it wasn't...
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Biomethane: On the road away from fossil fuels – Europe
Posted on January 11, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource The European Biogas Association (EBA) welcomes the steps taken. The EBA is already in discussions with policymakers, Member States, and the whole biogas and biomethane value chain that they represent to work out the most urgent burdens that...
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Microplastics flow into Gulf waters – Australia
Posted on January 10, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Waste NewsSource Plastic pollution has been recorded in eight freshwater streams running into Gulf St Vincent, South Australia, confirming the regular flow of microplastics into local marine environments – and the need for better waste management systems. “With up to 80 per...
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Things everyone should know about the circular economy – Australia
Posted on January 9, 2023 by DrRossH in Plastic Limiting Regulations, Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSource It always surprises me when governments announce waste/recycling policies which bear little resemblance to what is actually needed. But I blame myself. It means that I have not spent enough time providing evidence to politicians and their advisors, on...
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Congress targets plastics emissions, aims to boost reusable packaging – USA
Posted on December 9, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSouce Some congressional Democrats are making a new push to limit permits for plastic factory construction, saying it's needed to protect vulnerable communities, and pairing it with national targets on cutting single-use plastics and increasing...
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Plastic treaty talks go beyond recycling to add public health debate
Posted on December 9, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSource One thing made clear during last week's plastic treaty talks is that any agreement will likely go beyond recycling and marine plastic pollution to also take on health issues related to additives in plastics and the impact of polymer...
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EU unveils plans to cut Europe’s plastic and packaging waste
Posted on December 2, 2022 by DrRossH in Plastic Recycling, Plastic Waste NewsSource The EU executive wants to ban mini-shampoo bottles in hotels and the use of throwaway cups in cafes and restaurants, as part of sweeping legal proposals to curb Europe’s mountains of waste. A draft EU regulation published on Wednesday also...
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