Modern milkman: Company offers delivery and pickup of no-waste household supplies and groceries
It's the stuff everyone tries to get rid of but that never really goes away:
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Jun 17, 2019
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Scientists gather to study risk from microplastic pollution
Tiny bits of broken-down plastic smaller than a fraction of a grain of rice are turning up everywhere in oceans, from the water to the guts of fish and the poop of sea otters and giant killer whales.
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Feb 24, 2020
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Not so fantastic: Can Japan end its love affair with plastic?
From bento boxes to individually wrapped bananas, plastic reigns supreme in Japan. But amid global concern about single-use waste, new legislation could help end the country's love affair with plastic.
Environment
Mar 20, 2019
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Kenya bans single-use plastics in protected areas
Kenya on World Environment Day barred all single-use plastics such as water bottles and straws from its national parks, beaches, forests and other protected areas.
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Jun 5, 2020
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Canada to ban single-use plastics from 2021
Canada will ban single-use plastics from 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday, declaring it a "global challenge" to phase out the plastic bags, straws and cutlery clogging the world's oceans.
Environment
Jun 10, 2019
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Mongolians fight plastic pollution in vast steppe
Mongolian herder Purev Batmunkh sighs as he picks through waste strewn across a field—the refuse of an unsightly and deadly waste pollution problem affecting swathes of the steppe.
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Jul 26, 2024
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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.
Environment
Nov 5, 2019
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Nudging food delivery customers to forgo the fork drastically cuts plastic waste, study shows
In 2021, more than 400 million metric tons of plastic waste were produced worldwide, and it is predicted that the world's plastic waste growth will continue to outpace the efforts to reduce plastic pollution in the coming ...
Environment
Sep 7, 2023
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India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to ...
Environment
Jul 1, 2022
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How cleanups along Miami's waterways have led to a team effort, environmental changes
A decade ago, Dave Doebler and Dara Schoenwald began bringing people together to remove trash along Miami's waterways.
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