Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year, and untold millions of tons more pollute lands and waterways. Plastic waste persists in the environment for centuries, or even longer. To ...
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recycling that e-waste can introduce toxic chemicals to the plastic material, including flame retardants, some of which the Environmental Protection Agency has banned. “Toxic flame retardants ...
Canada's environment minister Steven Guilbeault says he's disappointed that international negotiations on a treaty to end plastic pollution finished this week without an agreement. Guilbeault ...
Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...
The finding could be particularly useful in combating plastic pollution in Africa, the researchers noted. The continent is the second-most plastic-polluted continent in the world, despite ...