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Business Consumers Environment International 

UK Supermarkets Caught in Plastic Packaging: Study

January 26, 2021January 26, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
plastic, pollution, Research, supermarkets, United Kingdom

Britain’s major supermarket chains remain big users of plastic packaging that blights the environment, despite efforts to cut down, according to a study published on Tuesday.

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Environment International 

Deadliest Catch: Thailand’s ‘Ghost’ Fishing Nets Help Covid Fight

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, fishing, marine biology, plastic, pollution, Thailand

Underwater divers in plastic-choked waters off the coast of Thailand snip through discarded nets tangled around a reef — a new initiative helping protect marine life and aiding the fight against coronavirus.

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Environment Health Science 

From Macaques to Crabs, Wildlife Faces Threat From Face Masks

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
coronavirus, plastic, pollution, primates, Research

Masks that helped save lives during the coronavirus pandemic are proving a deadly hazard for wildlife, with birds and marine creatures ensnared in the staggering number of discarded facial coverings littering animal habitats.

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Consumers Environment Science 

Washing Your Clothes Can Create Arctic Microplastic Pollution

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
apparel, plastic, Research

Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by washing their clothes, scientists said Tuesday after research found the majority of microplastics in Arctic seawater were polyester fibers.

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Environment 

Goodbye Picnic Plastic: Bamboo-Sugarcane Tableware Biodegrades in 60 Days

November 12, 2020November 10, 2020 JASON SANDEFUR
emissions, plants, plastic

Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, we’ll be able to picnic for the planet without guilt: Scientists searching for biodegradable alternatives to plastic have developed food containers made from sugarcane and bamboo that decompose within 60 days.

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Business Environment Government Regional 

Feds Reconsidering Permit for Massive Plastics Plant in Louisiana

November 5, 2020November 5, 2020 SABRINA CANFIELD
Army Corps of Engineers, Louisiana, permits, plastic

The Army Corps of Engineers will temporarily suspend a permit it issued for a $9.4 billion plastics complex in Louisiana as it takes another look at the project’s environmental impacts, government lawyers said in a motion filed Wednesday.

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Environment Science 

US the World Champion of Plastic Waste

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
oceans, plastic

Chalk up another point in the column of American exceptionalism (and outsourcing): The United States produces more plastic waste than

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Environment Health Science 

Bottle-Fed Babies Ingest ‘Millions’ of Microplastics: Study

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
babies, food, plastic, Research

Bottle-fed babies may ingest more than a million pieces of microplastics each day, new research showed Monday highlighting the abundance of plastics in our food products.

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Environment Science 

14 Million Tons of Microplastics on Seafloor: Australian Study

October 7, 2020October 7, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Australia, oceans, plastic, Research

The world’s seafloor is littered with an estimated 14 million tons of microplastics, broken down from the masses of rubbish entering the oceans every year, according to Australia’s national science agency.

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Environment Government International 

EU at Risk of Missing Plastic Recycling Targets

October 6, 2020October 6, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Audit, Climate change, EU, plastic, pollution, recycling

The European Union is facing a growing waste problem and is at risk of missing its plastic recycling targets for 2025 and 2030 as more stringent export rules will be implemented next year, the bloc’s independent auditor warned Tuesday.

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Environment International 

England Bans Plastic Straws After Pandemic-Linked Delay

October 1, 2020October 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain, coronavirus, plastic

A ban on plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds took effect Thursday in England after a six-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Business Consumers Entertainment Environment 

Lego to Ditch Plastic Bags for Paper Ones in Its Boxed Sets

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
plastic, recycling, Toys

Lego said Tuesday that it will stop using plastic bags inside its boxed sets and replace them with paper ones.

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Business Consumers Energy Environment 

Oil Industry Placing Risky Bet on Plastics: Report

September 4, 2020September 4, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
oil, plastic, Research

Big oil producers are pinning their future growth on the world’s insatiable appetite for plastic, researchers said Friday, in a “bet” on society’s failure to tackle disposable consumption that risks stranding billions of dollars in petrochemical investments.

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Business Energy Environment International 

Oil Companies Accused of Wanting to Dump Plastics in Africa

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, dumping, oil, plastic, pollution, Trade

The oil industry has asked the United States to pressure Kenya to change its world-leading stance against the plastic waste that litters Africa, according to environmentalists who fear the continent will be used as a dumping ground.

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Environment International Law 

Sri Lanka to Ban Imports of Plastic Goods to Protect Elephants

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Elephants, plastic, pollution, sri lanka, wildlife

Sri Lanka will ban the import of most plastic products in a bid to protect wild elephants and deer that die eating the waste, the environment minister announced Friday.

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Environment Health International Science 

Atlantic Plastic Levels Far Higher Than Thought: Study

August 18, 2020August 18, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
oceans, plastic, pollution, Research

There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic ocean today than the estimated total weight of plastic waste dumped in it since 1950, new research showed Tuesday.

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Business Environment 

Battle Lines Drawn Over Plan for Louisiana Plastics Factory

July 14, 2020July 14, 2020 MEGAN MINEIRO
cancer, construction, Louisiana, plastic, race

Conservationists demanded an injunction Tuesday to block construction of a Taiwanese plastics plant in an already-polluted stretch of Louisiana known as Cancer Alley.

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Criminal Environment 

Environmental Activists Decry Felony Arrests as Intimidation

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 SABRINA CANFIELD
dumping, felony, Louisiana, plastic

Two environmental activists with the Louisiana Bucket Brigade bonded out of jail Thursday evening after being arrested on felony terrorizing charges that stem from a December incident in which they left a sealed box containing plastic pellets on the doorstep of an oil and gas lobbyist.

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Environment National 

Scientists Find Tons of Microplastics Polluting National Parks

June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 VICTORIA PRIESKOP
national parks, plastic, pollution

More than 1,000 tons of microplastics deposit on protected lands in the western U.S. each year, equivalent to more than 123 million plastic water bottles.

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Environment Science 

Ocean Currents Found to Embed Microplastics in Seafloor

April 30, 2020May 1, 2020 NICHOLAS IOVINO
geology, oceans, plastic, pollution, Research

While most people think of the swirling patch of garbage in the Pacific Ocean when they think of plastic pollution, what’s on the surface is just 1% of all the plastic trash in Earth’s seas.

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