An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic waste enters the ocean each year – equivalent to dumping in a garbage truckload of it every minute. A new report calls on the US to help stem the deluge.
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In Canada, milk is available in jugs, cartons, bags and glass bottles. A new analysis reveals which type of container has the smallest environmental footprint — from container production to disposal.
In this episode, two Indigenous scientists running collaborative labs to address our climate crisis offer some ideas for environmental justice, including a redefinition of pollution.
We discovered that the 12 largest petrochemical companies announced 88 new projects between 2012 and 2019: new and expanded facilities that will likely operate for decades, ramping up carbon emissions.
Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.
Researchers are uncovering how microplastic particles are carried in wind, rain and snow to remote regions of our planet.
The problem of increasing plastic waste has been exacerbated by the pandemic, requiring better regulation and monitoring to solve.
Making environmentally friendly choices is complex: here’s a guide to help you at home or out shopping.
New research suggests that an effective way to locate and track large concentrations of microplastics in the ocean could be from high in the sky.
The film is similar to other plastics, but it can be composted at home.
As global oil consumption drops, oil companies are pivoting to petrochemicals, and could crowd out bio-based alternatives.
A large-scale survey asked people exactly that. One use of recycled carbon dioxide stood out.
Storing information using polymers could be more efficient than DNA data storage.
We expect chemical recycling to complement its mechanical counterpart, especially for difficult to recycle materials.
Plastic products that claim to be ‘compostable’ aren’t great either.
Plastic has become a major part of the carbon cycle, a discovery that has implications for how we tackle climate change.
Each bit of plastic takes a unique journey once it reaches the ocean. We’re trying to spot the patterns.
Scientists issued an urgent call for better federal regulation of these endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Here’s what you can do to reduce your family’s risk.
UK still ships huge amounts of plastic waste to places like Vietnam, Malaysia and Pakistan.
As more and more plastic trash permeates the oceans, fragments are making their way into fish and shellfish – and potentially into humans.
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Environment, CSIRO
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