For some corals, meals can come with a side of microplastics
Tiny microplastic particles are about as common in the ocean today as plastic is in our daily lives.
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Aegean volunteers battle to turn plastic waste tide
Dressed in her protective wetsuit and scuba gear, Antigone Kouteri jumps into the murky waters of Zakynthos harbour in search of plastics—and promptly snags her arm on a submerged object.
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Dec 01, 2019
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Dead deer found in Thailand with 7kg of plastic in stomach
A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags and other trash in Thailand, an official said Tuesday, raising the alarm on waste littering the country's waters and forests.
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Nov 26, 2019
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Lies of the bamboo toothbrush: The plastic industry's perverse greenwashing
A bamboo toothbrush deconstructed: bamboo handle, paper packaging box, plant-based nylon bristles and plant-based wrapper. It also comes with disposal instructions.
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Nov 12, 2019
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Recycling plastic bottles is good, but reusing them is better
Last week Woolworths announced a new food delivery system, in collaboration with US company TerraCycle, that delivers grocery essentials in reusable packaging.
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Nov 05, 2019
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Japan retailers to charge for plastic bags from 2020
Japanese retailers including supermarkets and convenience stores will be required to charge for plastic bags from next summer ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, a government panel agreed Friday.
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Nov 01, 2019
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Reduce waste, save money: France's poorest city goes green
At her home in Roubaix, a former industrial centre in northern France that is now the country's poorest city, Magdalene Deleporte is making her own deodorant.
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Sep 19, 2019
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Four billion particles of microplastics discovered in major body of water
A new study from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg and Eckerd College estimates the waters of Tampa Bay contain four billion particles of microplastics, raising new questions about the impact of pollution on ...
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Sep 12, 2019
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Marine plastic pollution hides a neurological toxicant in our food
In the mid-1950s, domesticated cats in Minamata, Japan mysteriously began to convulse and fall into the bay. The people of Minamata took on similar symptoms shortly after, losing their ability to speak, move, and think.
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Sep 06, 2019
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Explosion in plastic pollution post-World War II seen in marine sediments
The amount of plastic fragments in Santa Barbara Basin sediments has been increasing exponentially since the end of World War II, according to a study by researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University ...
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Sep 06, 2019
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