Plastics
Children as young as nine say they are ill from work recycling plastic in Turkey
Human Rights Watch says failure to enforce laws worsens health impact at centres, amid steep rise in EU and UK waste exports
Karen McVeigh
21, Sep, 2022 @4:00 AM
NGO retracts ‘waste colonialism’ report blaming Asian countries for plastic pollution
Ocean Conservancy apologises for ‘false narrative’ of 2015 study that put blame for bulk of world’s plastic waste on five Asian states
Karen McVeigh
15, Sep, 2022 @10:05 AM
Plastic has made it to the bottom of Fiji’s rives; our environment is breaking down | Andrew Paris
In Pacific countries, people have lived in harmony with the physical environment for centuries, now even the riverbed mussels are affected
Andrew Paris
21, Aug, 2022 @11:45 PM
UN seeks plan to beat plastic nurdles, the tiny scourges of the oceans
Billions of the pellets end up in the sea, killing turtles, whales and dolphins, and are washed up on beaches around the world
Jon Ungoed-Thomas
20, Aug, 2022 @2:51 PM
Cigarette butts: how the no 1 most littered objects are choking our coasts
An estimated 4.5tn tobacco filters are littered each year and many end up in oceans with deadly consequences
Ashifa Kassam
18, Aug, 2022 @5:00 AM
Plastic can take hundreds of years to break down – and we keep making more | Kim Heacox
Americans throw away an estimated 2.5m plastic water bottles an hour. We need international cooperation to protect our planet and our health
Kim Heacox
08, Aug, 2022 @10:18 AM
‘We want plastic to become taboo’: the rise in reusable water bottles
The climate crisis and recent heatwaves has led to a surge in sales. But why are some of them so big?
Morwenna Ferrier
05, Aug, 2022 @10:00 PM
‘Incredibly promising’: the bubble barrier extracting plastic from a Dutch river
Technology applied to Oude Rijn river helps stop plastic pollution reaching sea
Senay Boztas in Katwijk
05, Aug, 2022 @11:52 AM
Single servings at low prices: how Unilever’s sachets became an environmental scourge
Plastic in the Depths: Multinational denies dropping plan to recycle plastic sachets – and leaving developing countries with a toxic headache as they end up in landfill or the ocean
Karen McVeigh and Gemma Holliani Cahya in Jakarta
01, Aug, 2022 @6:30 AM
Milk & More to increase reuse of bottles by 15% as glass prices soar
Firm adjusts systems with aim of using 500,000 fewer bottles a year, and more customers avoid plastic
Sarah Butler
31, Jul, 2022 @11:40 AM
Plastic in the Depths: how pollution took over our oceans
So much plastic pours into the sea every year that species are now endemic to it. A new Guardian series looks at where it comes from, the harm it does and what can be done about it
Chris Michael Seascape editor
25, Jul, 2022 @5:00 AM
Tyre dust: the ‘stealth pollutant’ that’s becoming a huge threat to ocean life
Plastic in the depths: Scientists spent decades on the trail of a mystery toxin killing salmon en masse. A recent breakthrough revealed the culprit
Karen McVeigh
25, Jul, 2022 @5:00 AM
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