Burning plastic for cooking and heating: An emerging environmental crisis
A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in ...
Ravalli Republic2d
Plastic straws have come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...
California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence?
SB54 put an end to polystyrene — which had low recycling rates and high levels of pollution — in California. But the plastic ...
Why is Donald Trump bringing back plastic straws?
"We're going back to plastic straws," Donald Trump, pen in hand, declared this week. The US president was signing an ...
How straws became an enduring symbol of the global plastic pollution crisis
A viral turtle video sparked a global movement and inspired millions to join the fight against plastic waste. View on euronews ...
Sun Sentinel7d
The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...
Pressenza7d
EcoWaste Coalition to Midterm Election Candidates: Protect the Environment
10 February 2025, Intramuros, Manila. – The environmental watchdog group EcoWaste Coalition is one with the Commission on ...
Sustainable Brands9d
US Voters Support Policies That Reduce Single-Use Plastics
82 percent support protecting people in neighborhoods affected by pollution from plastic-production facilities. 82 percent of ...
Fiji Water Lawsuit Raises Concerns About Microplastics
A lawsuit claims FIJI Water misled consumers about its product's purity and environmental impact, specifically highlighting ...
Grist13d
The ‘recycled’ plastic in your shoes, shirts, and bags? It’s still destined for the landfill.
“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...
verywellhealth15d
Black Plastic Kitchen Utensils Might Be Toxic. Here's What You Can Use Instead
There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...