The plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Trump wants them to stay
Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...
Hindustan Times9d
Plastic pollution could be the silent cause of premature births? Startling new research shares insights
(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...
The Jamaica Observer28d
Addressing the plastic pollution crisis
INFORMATION on plastic pollution provided by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) should give all humans cause for great concern. “Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full ...
Democrat and Chronicle7d
The Great Lakes have long faced pollution threats. The latest might be the most insidious.
“And it’s not an easy thing to measure.” Some plastic pollution enters the environment in already tiny pieces, called nurdles, which are melted down by the billions to make products each yea ...
The Daily Telegraph25d
Plastic pollution linked to rise of killer superbugs
Microplastic pollution is helping to drive the rise in killer superbugs, an Oxford study has found for the first time. The presence of tiny fragments of plastic in the environment has been shown ...
Politico Europe14d
How a Catalan beach became a symbol of Europe’s plastic problem
TARRAGONA, Spain — European lawmakers this week started talks on how to solve an insidious facet of the plastic pollution crisis — one that's a brute reality for the Catalan province of Tarragona. The ...
The Independent4d
Making pollutants great again: Trump says he’s bringing back plastic straws in new executive order
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Al Jazeera English29d
What is ‘waste colonialism’ and why has Thailand banned imports of plastic?
As of January 1, 2025, Thailand has stopped importing plastic waste in an effort to curb toxic pollution in the country. Since 2018, Thailand has been a leading importer of plastic waste from ...
Cleveland Scene26d
'Ripples of Plastic' Documentary, an Examination of Lake Erie's Plastic Pollution Problem, Comes to the Capitol
That’s the test and premise of the Cleveland premier of Ripples of Plastic, the latest documentary ... the bane of the particle pollution world. Pretty much impossible to filter out of Lake ...
Mid Day27d
Mumbai: BMC to counsel shopkeepers and consumers ahead of single-use plastic ban drive
Recently, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board instructed BMC to take strict action against users of prohibited single-use plastic products. Following these instructions, BMC has decided to ...
Politico Europe29d
How Saudi Arabia became the world’s plastic cheerleader
Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ...