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Simpler design seen as key to recycling-friendly food wrappers

Simpler design seen as key to recycling-friendly food wrappers

Hannah Steiner January 29, 2022

Simple design and using at least 90% of the same plastic is the key to making packaging for foods like....

Microplastics and Toxic Chemicals Increasingly Prevalent in World’s Oceans

Microplastics and Toxic Chemicals Increasingly Prevalent in World’s Oceans

Hannah Steiner January 26, 2022

We do not fully understand the risks to human health of ingesting plastic...

Malaysian Kids Teach Adults the Importance of Taking Care of the Environment

Malaysian Kids Teach Adults the Importance of Taking Care of the Environment

Liang Lan January 17, 2022

RHB Bank has launched a Chinese New Year campaign featuring the film ‘A Spark for Change’, which was conceived and....

Americans agree on something: Get single-use plastics out of our national parks

Americans agree on something: Get single-use plastics out of our national parks

Hannah Steiner January 17, 2022

A new poll finds bipartisan support for ridding parks of plastic.

Lack of recycling causes 60pc plastic waste to end up on land and in reservoirs in Bangladesh

Lack of recycling causes 60pc plastic waste to end up on land and in reservoirs in Bangladesh

Liang Lan January 16, 2022

A maximum of 40 per cent plastic waste is recycled in Bangladesh while the remaining 60 per cent falls on....

Tired Earth: An Interview with Angela Haseltine Pozzi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Washed Ashore Project

Tired Earth: An Interview with Angela Haseltine Pozzi, Founder and Artistic Director of the Washed Ashore Project

Angela Haseltine Pozzi August 25, 2021

Angela’s work as an artist and educator gained new focus in 2010 when she founded the non-profit Washed Ashore: Art....

Japan to oblige businesses to reduce 12 disposable plastic items

Japan to oblige businesses to reduce 12 disposable plastic items

Hannah Steiner August 25, 2021

Japan will oblige business operators to reduce the provision of 12 disposable plastic items such as spoons and straws from....

Plastic waste could soon be causing ‘irreversible damage’ to the environment

Plastic waste could soon be causing ‘irreversible damage’ to the environment

Hannah Steiner July 27, 2021

Plastic pollution is a global problem and it’s reaching such proportions that we may not be able to reverse its....