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Turkey slams the door on European plastic garbage

Turkey’s decision is a ‘seminal moment’ for the global recycling market, say industry figures.

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Is Advanced Recycling a Boondoggle?

The technology itself is real, but most companies have only been able to achieve advanced recycling on a small scale so far. The only things they’ve managed to scale up are investors.

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Online retail — and Amazon — has a plastic problem

Amazon’s investors could soon force it to reveal how much plastic it mails to customers around the world each year.

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Twenty firms produce 55% of world’s plastic waste, report reveals

Plastic Waste Makers index identifies those driving climate crisis with virgin polymer production.

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Canada Declares Plastics Toxic, Paving the Way for Restrictions

Plastic is now considered toxic under Canada’s primary environmental law—the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA)—the Trudeau government announced Wednesday.

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So small, yet so deadly. Investors force plastic industry to reveal pollution

Investors are forcing the world’s biggest plastic manufacturers to reveal how many harmful plastic pellets they are leaking into rivers, lakes and oceans worldwide.

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DuPont Loses Plastic Pollution Vote With Record 81% Rebellion

An overwhelming majority of DuPont de Nemours Inc. investors voted in favor of a proposal calling for more transparency on pollution, rebuffing the chemical giant’s management at its annual meeting.

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Opinion: Plastic to Fuel Is a Threat to Md.’s Environment

As Maryland and the country move away from single-use plastic and chooses clean energy over burning coal, oil and gas, the plastics industry has started selling a dangerous new idea to protect their profits.

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Plastics and toxic chemicals are killing fish — and poisoning us

Plastic, pesticides and other toxic substances are devastating the world’s fish and marine animals, according to a report released Tuesday.

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Regulators missing pollution’s effect on marine life, study finds

Chemicals and plastics, not just overfishing, threaten aquatic food chain with ‘disaster’, report warns.

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Survey finds consumers are concerned about waste from fast-food containers

Most consumers worry about pollution and waste from fast-food containers, according to a new survey from Adweek and Harris Poll.

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Shareholders push Amazon to reveal its plastic footprint

A group of shareholders has asked Amazon to disclose how much of its plastic packaging winds up in the environment. The retail giant’s plastic pollution could damage the company’s reputation or lead to financial penalties from regulatory action or clean-up costs, according to the shareholder proposal.

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Should I Stop Recycling? One Small Step

The news keeps telling us that our recycling system isn’t working — and even One Small Step host Lucy Biggers is starting to have her doubts. So we asked the experts: Is recycling still worth it?

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Legal weed packaging is wrecking the planet. What are we going to do about it?

Legal weed often comes wrapped in excessive amounts of plastic, a notoriously environmentally unfriendly substance.

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Plastic Is Falling From the Sky. But Where’s It Coming From?

At any given time, 1,100 tons of microplastic are floating over the western US. New modeling shows the surprising sources of the nefarious pollutant.

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How Restaurants Can Get Involved With the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act 2021

Supported by Beyond Plastics founder Judith Enck, who is also a former EPA Administrator, Just Salad has drafted a sign-on letter for members of the restaurant, food service, and food and beverage industries. The letter urges other restaurants to get involved with supporting the BFFPPA 2021.

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Environmentalists critique waste incineration in CLEAN Future Act

Environmental activists have a bone to pick with Representative Paul Tonko, a Democrat representing the Capital District, over the inclusion of waste incineration in his massive CLEAN Future Act.

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Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds

Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say.

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How plastic pollution threatens our health, food systems, and civilization itself

Plastic pollution is so pervasive that plants are uptaking microplastics through their roots

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Why This Grocery Chain is Ditching Single-Use Bottled Water

If you can get it from the tap, you can’t buy it in these Oregon and California supermarkets.