‘Easy, convenient, cheap’: How single-use plastic rules the world
Bangkok – Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use. Negotiators hope to reach the …
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The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony
There’s a term of art for this whole system: reverse logistics. For the first 100 years of the plastics revolution, companies essentially sprayed products at customers—it was a one-way movement …
Are bottles, cans thrown into Bay Area blue bins recycled?
Inside the GreenWaste Material Recovery Facility in San Jose, both human and mechanical hands work to separate the pieces of ink-stained paper, dented multi-colored plastic and crushed metal that can …
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
As summers get hotter across the world — and Japan potentially faces its hottest summer on record — we’re met with a paradox: To stay cool, it seems we’re compelled …
Plastic pollution talks make modest progress but sidestep production curbs
OTTAWA – Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution ran overtime into Tuesday morning amid tense debates over whether the world should seek to limit the …
Negotiations on global plastic treaty to resume in Canada
Ottawa – Negotiators from 175 countries are meeting from Tuesday in Canada to nail down a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, with many sticking points to be resolved …
Plastic production cap still contentious as Ottawa set to host treaty talks – National
Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for the fourth round of talks to create a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste in less than 20 …
I’m In My Late 30s, And I’m Hyundai Equus-Curious
As I approach middle-age, I’m starting to wander from my typical daily driver fare of too-stiff hot hatches and sports cars. I recently bought a big SUV and unfortunately like …
I threw my cutting board away after reading this study, and so should you – here’s why
Angelica Parisi / Adobe Stock A cutting board is one of those kitchen tools that isn’t really up for debate when it comes to necessity. Unless you care not a …
Bottled water has more plastic particles than previously thought
A typical one-liter bottle of water contains some 240,000 plastic fragments on average, according to a new study. Many of those fragments have historically gone undetected, the researchers determined, suggesting …