Canadians are unhappy with excessive plastic packaging of cannabis
Legalization apparently means lavish litter.
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Tag: Plastics
UK reveals plans to ban plastic straws, stirrers and cotton swabs
The long-awaited legislation could be enacted within the year.
SodaStream launches device to clean plastics from ocean
This is the first-known attempt of a commercial company to undertake a physical clean-up of trash from open waters.
Microplastics found in 90% of table salt
Researchers sampled sea, rock, and lake salt from around the world – they found microplastics in most of it.
Jamaica to ban plastic bags, straws and foam containers too
The island nation is the latest in a long line of places making a move against single-use plastic.
'Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy' (book review)
A modern life without plastic may seem an impossibility, but this Canadian duo shows it's achievable.
Why Brits have been mailing potato chip packets (and why they can now stop)
It turns out that consumer pressure really can work.
Trials complete, The Ocean Cleanup is now headed to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Once again, naysayers are being proven wrong.
Now that China won't take plastic waste, what's the U.S. doing?
A new investigation by Greenpeace delves into the ongoing environmental devastation caused by our recycling habits.
Behold Yellowstone's garbage-spewing geyser
In its first eruption in decades, Ear Spring geyser showered the landscape with 90 years of trash tossed in by tourists.
What older generations can teach us about plastic-free living
The simplest, most effective solutions to the plastic pollution problem may lie in the past.
Empty chip bags flood UK mailboxes in protest against plastic packaging
It's time food manufacturers took responsibility for their own poor designs.
Straw bans won't fix the plastic problem, but something else can
What's really needed is a shift in American food culture.
Flying insects carry microplastics in their bodies
If a bug starts its life in water, there's a good chance it is eating microplastic pieces.
How Seabins use marinas to collect trash and clean the ocean
Marinas naturally concentrate trash. Seabins take advantage of that fact.
BPA replacements aren't safe either, study finds
Scientists have found that the chemicals used to replace BPA over the past 20 years have the same damaging effects.
Sea turtles can die from eating just one piece of plastic
Scientists have finally measured just how bad ocean plastic pollution is for these majestic animals.
Half-marathon in UK bans plastic water bottles
Instead, runners will get edible Ooho water pouches for on-the-go hydration.
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