Plastics
Europe Regulates Packing Waste
New packaging regulations take effect in the EU: what you need to know. Companies will be required to cover the cost of collecting, sorting and recycling the waste their products generate. The Europe...
Sign on: EPA Against Plastic Pollution
Plastic Pollution Coalition: It’s time for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take a proactive approach to protect communities impacted by unsafe drinking water. The EPA must guide wate...
Africa Plastic Free: Burkina Faso
Strategies and projects to eliminate plastics: the case of Burkina Faso. Article by Michele Dotti, editor of ‘L’Ecofuturo Magazine’. For those who, like me, have been returning to Af...
Microplastics: “A very pervasive problem”
Scientists make disturbing new discovery while testing drinking water: ‘No place left … that’s not contaminated’. “A very pervasive problem.” Scientists have found ...
Saudi Arabia Ditching Plastic Bottles?
Why Saudi Arabia is ditching plastic bottles in favor of tap water. Plastic consumption remains a deeply ingrained part of daily life in Saudi Arabia. However, growing public awareness and innovative ...
Picking up Plastic: When and Where?
Cleaning up the plastics that pollute our land and water will not solve the problem, but until we stop producing plastics, we will have to clean up the mess we have already made. A new publication sho...
“Help us stop plastic pollution”
“Help us stop plastic pollution”, Young people from West and Central Africa want more action to curb plastic pollution in their countries… and they’re already championing the cause. In the report Gene...
Where is California’s Ban on Polystyrene?
California banned polystyrene. Has the plastic industry spooked the governor into silence? California’s ban on polystyrene was one of the biggest wins for environmentalists in the state’s recent histo...
US: The President’s Plastic Trigger
President Trump delights in alarming opponents and aiding friends in polluting industries Opinion by Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue In mid-December 2020, a month before he left office, President Don...
