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Draft US law seeks to make plastic industry responsible for waste
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Draft US law seeks to make plastic industry responsible for waste

Carry your own cup to the coffee shop. Recycle that soda bottle. Say no to straws. The growing global crisis…
How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea
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How your clothes become microfibre pollution in the sea

From the polar ice cap to the Mariana Trench 10 kilometers below the waves, synthetic microfibres spat out by household…
Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks
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Filipinos turn volcano’s ash, plastic trash into bricks

Ash spewed by a Philippine volcano is being mixed with plastic waste to make bricks in an inventive response to…
‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
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‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife

Far out in the South Atlantic Ocean, invisible to the South African coastline, diver Pascal Van Erp surfaced with an…
Marriott hotels ditching small plastic toiletry bottles
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Marriott hotels ditching small plastic toiletry bottles

Marriott International, the world’s largest hotel chain, said Wednesday it was ditching single-use toiletry bottles as part of plans to…
Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones
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Going ‘nude’: UK supermarkets test plastic-free zones

British supermarkets are starting to go “nude”. Bowing to pressure from environmentally conscious consumers, big brand shops have begun taking…
Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better
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Fossil fuels? Plastic? Trump says more is better

President Donald Trump has seen the future and it is oil. And plastic. Where most environmental scientists and most US…
VeryNile announces competition to stop plastic usage
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VeryNile announces competition to stop plastic usage

Following various efforts put into place to transform Egypt into an environmentally friendly country, VeryNile in collaboration with UN Environment…
Senegal to crack down on huge plastic waste by enforcing law
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Senegal to crack down on huge plastic waste by enforcing law

DAKAR (Reuters) – Tired of seeing Senegal’s seascapes spoiled by ever-growing mounds of cheap plastic bags, authorities plan to crack…
Fishing for plastic on Amsterdam’s eco-friendly canal cruises
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Fishing for plastic on Amsterdam’s eco-friendly canal cruises

Equipped with fishing rods and thick gloves, a group of people peers into the water from one of the many…
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