Plastics
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It’s not just oceans: scientists find plastic is also polluting the air
New research links Delhi’s thick smogs to burning of plasticsPlastic waste in our oceans is now a well-known i…
- Asia Pacific, Marshall Islands, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Plastics, South Pacific, Vanuatu, World news
‘A memory bobbing around the ocean’: message in a bottle found after two years
Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more th…
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Bali’s beaches buried in tide of plastic rubbish during monsoon season
Tourist drawcards Kuta and Legian beaches are being overwhelmed by up to 60 tonnes of plastic rubbish every da…
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The Goldman environmental prize winners 2020 – in pictures
The Goldman environmental prize honours the achievements of grassroots activists in six continents, recognisin…
- Children, Education, Environment, Global development, India, Plastics, Poverty, South and Central Asia, World news
The Indian school where students pay for lessons with plastic waste
Villagers once burned the toxic waste as fuel, but a pioneering couple’s radical education model uses it much …
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The plastic we use unthinkingly every day is killing our planet – and slowly but surely killing us | Andrew Paris
As researchers, we have been shocked to find the most remote depths of the Pacific Ocean polluted by our plast…
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Italy told to stop using Malaysia as plastics dumping ground
Greenpeace finds hundreds of tonnes end up in landfill or burned at illegal factoriesThe Italian government ha…
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China moves to phase out single-use plastics
Plastic bags to be banned in all major cities by end of 2020, says state plannerChina is stepping up restricti…
- Cities, Environment, Ethical and green living, India, Plastic bags, Plastics, Recycling, South and Central Asia, Waste, World news
From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic
The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their nov…
- Environment, Environmental sustainability, Global development, Global health, Pakistan, Plastics, Society, South and Central Asia, Sustainable development, World news
Pakistan expands ban on plastic bags as inspectors are caught in shop spat
Punjab joins regions where polythene bags are illegal and stiff fines take effect in Islamabad amid demands fo…
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British explorer is first person to complete 4,000-mile Yangtze trek
Ash Dykes, 28, had to overcome a landslide, blizzards and being followed by a pack of wolves A 28-year-old Bri…
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Plastic, poverty and paradox: experts head to the Ganges to track waste
India’s most sacred river is also its most polluted, with plastic a major culprit. Now moves are afoot to moni…
- Asia Pacific, Conservation, Environment, Marine life, New Zealand, Oceans, Plastics, Pollution, South Pacific, World news
Henderson Island: the Pacific paradise groaning under 18 tonnes of plastic waste
Rubbish has been washing up on its isolated beaches in the Pitcairn chain at a rate of several thousand bits o…
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‘Not a dustbin’: Cambodia to send plastic waste back to the US and Canada
Country vows to return 1,600 tonnes of waste as south-east Asian countries revolt against an onslaught of rubb…
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Japan’s famous Nara deer dying from eating plastic bags
Tourists warned not to feed the animals after plastic waste found in stomachs of several dead deerAuthorities …