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You Can Soon Get Your Whiskey in Recyclable Paper Bottles
The world's largest spirits maker is set to sell its Johnnie Walker whiskey in environmentally-friendly packaging from next year.
It’s Raining Plastic, Researchers Say
Microplastics had earlier been found in pristine snow and on untouched mountaintops. A recent study now confirms that airborne plastic is everywhere.
Stop Throwing Your Gloves and Masks in the Recycling Bin
It's putting recycling-facility workers, who sort trash by hand, at risk.
As Coronavirus Spreads So Does Single-Use Plastic. Here’s What That Means for Our Environment
As oil prices rapidly drop, recycling centers remain shut and plastic personal protective equipment becomes biohazard waste, the pandemic could worsen the already serious plastic pollution problem.
Coronavirus Panic Is Undoing the Anti-Plastic Bag Movement
Big Plastic has jumped right in to tell people that single-use plastics are the safer alternative during this pandemic.
We're Now Harvesting Crabs to Make Plastic
Invasive green crabs are a problem for conservationists, and now scientists in Canada will start receiving shipments of them to make biodegradable plastic cups and cutlery.
It's Not Just the Oceans: Our Air Is Filled With Microplastics, Too
All over the world, we're breathing plastic.
Coca-Cola Refuses to Give up Plastic Bottles Saying Customers Still Want Them
The sustainability officer of the world’s largest plastic polluter claims that making aluminium and glass bottles will somehow push up their carbon footprint.
China to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics by 2025
They plan to move fast. Single-use plastic straws in restaurants will be banned by the end of this year.
A Look at India's Decade: From the Rise of Fake News to a Drop in Happiness Levels
The decade that began with baffling scams (2G spectrum, Commonwealth Games) rocking the country, is ending with nationwide protests against the Citizenship Act. We examine the 10 years to see how the decade treated us and how we treated it back.
'Cancer Alley' Residents Are Trying to Stop a Huge Plastics Plant from Being Built on the Graves of Slaves
“Our community cannot handle another chemical plant.”
This Cemetery is Dedicated to Marine Life That Has Been Killed by Plastic
A reminder on why it's important to say RIP to plastic.