PepsiCo beats lawsuit over plastics pollution
PepsiCo won the dismissal of New York's lawsuit accusing the beverage and snack-food company of… Read More
4 weeks ago
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Mongolians fight plastic pollution in vast steppe
Mongolian herder Purev Batmunkh sighs as he picks through waste strewn across a field --… Read More
4 months ago
Dubai Can Initiative Cuts Single-Use Plastic Water Bottle Usage by Almost 18mn
Dubai Can, the citywide sustainability initiative, has successfully seen a reduction in the usage of… Read More
9 months ago
Opinion: Why is India weakening the Global Plastics Treaty?
“Humanity has exceeded a planetary boundary related to environmental pollutants including plastics” — announced an… Read More
9 months ago
Dia Mirza opens up against plastic pollution with reenactment video
The video of Bollywood actor Dia Mirza reenacting the lyrics of the song 'Ajeeb Dastaan… Read More
2 years ago
England to ban some single-use plastic items
England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls… Read More
2 years ago
Nestlé Pakistan replaces 400 million plastic straws with paper straws
Nestlé Pakistan became the first food and beverage company in Pakistan to introduce paper straws… Read More
3 years ago
Private equity’s falling out of love with plastic packaging
Private equity investment in the global plastic packaging sector has already slowed in recent years,… Read More
4 years ago
WATCH: Giant ‘vacuum cleaner’ removes plastic from nature reserve
Engineers have built a giant ‘vacuum cleaner’ to rid a Belgian nature reserve of millions… Read More
4 years ago
Starbucks eyes plant-based food, reusable packaging
Starbucks aims to add more plant-based food and drinks to its menu, make its packaging… Read More
5 years ago
Dead deer found with 7kg of plastic in stomach
A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags… Read More
5 years ago
‘Ghost’ fishing gear: the trash haunting ocean wildlife
Abandoned fishing objects make up a significant volume of plastic pollution in seas and oceans. Read More
5 years ago
Retailers to charge for plastic bags from 2020
Retailers including supermarkets and convenience stores will be required to charge for plastic bags from… Read More
5 years ago
Jellyfish thrive despite man-made disruption of the oceans
Jellyfish have been on Earth longer than we have -- they are believed to have… Read More
5 years ago
Supermarkets test plastic-free zones
Retailers in Britain -- where even bunches of bananas are often sealed in plastic to… Read More
5 years ago
Nine deer dead after eating plastic
Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags in Japan's Nara Park, a wildlife group… Read More
5 years ago
Southeast Asian nations, among worst ocean polluters
Environmentalists commend initiatives by some major retailers to cut back on plastic bags, but say… Read More
5 years ago
You may be eating a credit card’s worth of plastic each week: study
The study was commissioned by environmental charity WWF International Read More
5 years ago
Ban approved on single use plastics
European lawmakers voted overwhelmingly Wednesday for an EU-wide ban on single-use plastic products such as… Read More
6 years ago
Plastic finds second life in street artist’s work
Colourful animals have popped up in Paris as part of a new exhibition by Portuguese… Read More
6 years ago