‘Living plastic’ can break down in just 6 days

Scientists have found a way to incorporate bacteria into plastic products that can completely break down the plastic after ...
Recycling Today

PCX surpasses 500M pounds of diverted plastic pollution

PCX Markets, a plastic pollution cleanup-focused organization with offices in San Francisco, Singapore and the Philippines, ...

‘Nobody cares’: the Turkish farmers bearing the burden of UK’s plastic waste problem

Britain exported 139,000 tonnes of rubbish to Turkey last year, leaving smallholders and poor districts of Adana to cope with the debris, microplastics and toxic smoke ...

This ‘Living Plastic’ Can Break Itself Down in Just 6 Days — Without Leaving Microplastics Behind

When activated, the material degraded almost completely within six days — without producing microplastic fragments. The ...
Phys.org

To solve marine plastic pollution, experts say production and consumption patterns must change fundamentally

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Every year, many millions of tons of plastic ...
Phys.org

Plastic pollution 'grave and growing' health threat: Lancet

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...
AZoNano

Can Tiny Technologies Deliver Big Solutions for Polystyrene Pollution?

Recent studies reveal how environmental weathering of polystyrene leads to nanoplastics, prompting innovative solutions ...
The Conversation

Plastic pollution is a global problem – here’s how to design an effective treaty to curb it

Plastic pollution is accumulating worldwide, on land and in the oceans. According to one widely cited estimate, by 2025, 100 million to 250 million metric tons of plastic waste could enter the ocean ...
CNN

The world can cut plastic pollution by 80% by 2040, the UN says. Here’s how

Countries could slash plastic pollution by 80% in less than two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. It’s even changing ecosystems. Scientists recently ...
CNBC

A growing plastic smog is choking the world's oceans — and it shows no signs of slowing down

More than 170 trillion plastic particles weighing roughly 2 million metric tons are afloat in the world's oceans, according to new research. To tackle the plastic problem, the researchers call on ...
The Manila Times

Bohol advances plastic pollution monitoring through PlastiZen partnership with UP MSI and BISU

ON July 31, the University of the Philippines Marine Science Institute (UP MSI), through its PlastiZen Project, held a Ceremonial Signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Provincial ...
Forbes

How Blue Sharks Spread Plastic Pollution Across The Ocean

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...