Dr. Geyer told the Guardian that plastic pollution, which usually ends up in landfills or oceans, will result in a “near-permanent contamination” of the earth. Two recent studies found plastic pollution to be worse than ...
There are so many crises around the world, it can be genuinely difficult to know where to start. In many respects, we’re still recovering from a global financial crisis (and may well be on our ...
A movement to completely eradicate plastic use in Africa is gathering momentum as more countries are adopting policies to help create the world's first plastic-free continent. The hope is to create a continent and a global ...
Starbucks will globally phase out the use of plastic drinking straws by the end of next year, the corporation announced on July 9. The common green single-use straws will no longer be offered at Starbucks ...
A new factory is being built in Amsterdam that will use previously unrecyclable plastic and convert it to fuel to power diesel cargo ships. Bin2Barrel, a Dutch waste management company set up in 2012 is ...
McDonald’s is going a little greener; it has ditched plastic straws throughout its restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland. No longer will plastic straws be used in any of the 1,361 branches of McDonald’s across ...