After years of discussion, international negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume this week in Nairobi, Kenya, at the UN Environment Programme headquarters. The focus will be how to deal with the world’s plastic pollution problem. The third session of the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution will take place from today until Sunday ...
Plastic is a kind of widely used artificial material. The invention of plastic gave us a lightweight, strong, and inexpensive material to use, but it also brought us the plastic apocalypse. Much of the unrecycled plastic waste ends up in the ocean, Earth’s last sink. Broken by waves, sunlight, and marine animals, a single plastic ...
A new study on the pollution from plastic bottles prevalent in the Atlantic Ocean has found that Chinese merchant ships are the number one source of the problem. The researchers traveled to Inaccessible Island, located in the South Atlantic Ocean, and discovered that 73 percent of the plastic bottles that had washed up in the ...
The safety of kids’ toys is one of the main concerns for parents. In the U.S., regulations mandate that toymakers follow strict procedures to ensure that products do not end up harming kids. If you are a parent, it is important that you understand how kids’ toys made from different materials pose a threat to ...
With plastic pollution becoming a major problem in China, the government seems to have awakened to the issue, framing policies to limit the menace. Globally, less than a fifth of the world’s plastic is recycled. As far as China is concerned, it only recycles about 25 percent. The country accounts for nearly 29 percent of global ...
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