NAIROBI: The latest negotiations towards a global treaty to combat plastic pollution opened in Nairobi on Monday, with tensions expected as nations tussle over what should be included in the …
Similarly, the plastics treaty could allow countries to set their own goals for reducing production. “Worst-case scenario, if consensus can’t be reached, there’s a risk that we get a watered-down, …
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Improving recycling practices would be a logical step in trying to keep harmful chemicals from ending up in nature, but researchers say it’s best to retire disposable paper cups altogether. …
A trash jar can amplify that personal focus, since keeping one requires such extreme attentiveness to one’s consumption patterns. Kellogg says it’s simply not worth putting all your energy into …
At the start of his third year of graduate school, Kazi Albab Hussain became a father. As a new dad and a PhD student studying environmental nanotechnology, plastic was on …
NEW DELHI: Microwaving plastic food containers can release billions of small toxic plastic particles, according to a study.The researchers found that microwaving plastic baby food containers released over two billion …
Microplastics are readily moving between different environments. A previous study found 14,000 microplastics per liter of Arctic snow, the stuff having blown in from European cities. Microplastics are also arriving …