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Microplastics crisis solved? Scientists create plastic that vanishes in seawater

Scientists have developed a strong, seawater-dissolving plastic that could help reduce ocean microplastic pollution.

Why making fuels from plastics in Michigan is controversial

Innovative methods such as chemical recycling are critical to addressing the plastic waste crisis, but their environmental impacts are uncertain.

Greenpeace shatters one of the most successful ad campaigns of the last 20 years

Dove's 'Real Beauty' campaign faces criticism from Greenpeace for environmental damage caused by plastic waste.

Can science cure its addiction to plastic?

The urgent need to reduce plastic waste in laboratories is highlighted by Caitlin Broadbent's initiative to switch from single-use plastics to glass containers.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says

The Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade, starting with a projected cost of $7.5 billion.

Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it

Plastic waste persists due to the lack of natural degradation agents, but evolution is introducing bacteria that can digest plastics.

Microplastics crisis solved? Scientists create plastic that vanishes in seawater

Scientists have developed a strong, seawater-dissolving plastic that could help reduce ocean microplastic pollution.

Why making fuels from plastics in Michigan is controversial

Innovative methods such as chemical recycling are critical to addressing the plastic waste crisis, but their environmental impacts are uncertain.

Greenpeace shatters one of the most successful ad campaigns of the last 20 years

Dove's 'Real Beauty' campaign faces criticism from Greenpeace for environmental damage caused by plastic waste.

Can science cure its addiction to plastic?

The urgent need to reduce plastic waste in laboratories is highlighted by Caitlin Broadbent's initiative to switch from single-use plastics to glass containers.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says

The Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade, starting with a projected cost of $7.5 billion.

Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it

Plastic waste persists due to the lack of natural degradation agents, but evolution is introducing bacteria that can digest plastics.
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Babies in the global south are being poisoned by plastic from the north. Yet they are missing from the data | Aidan Charron

Microplastics are associated with a range of health issues, including elevated miscarriage rates and early puberty.
Phthalates, chemicals used in the manufacture of plastics, are linked to higher rates of childhood cancer.
Research on the impact of microplastics largely ignores children in the global south.

The Dirty Secret Of Alternative Plastics

PLU stickers on produce, intended to be briefly scanned and discarded, contribute to plastic waste and pollution in the environment.
Nearly 40% of all plastic produced is designed for single-use purposes.
Replacing plastics with biodegradable and compostable alternatives is a proposed solution, but production is limited and more expensive.
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