Washing your clothes can create Arctic microplastic pollution
by Kelly Macnamara Agence France-Presse Households in Europe and North America are flooding the oceans with plastic pollution simply by…
5 years ago
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Atlantic plastic levels far higher than thought: study
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- There may be more plastic floating just beneath the surface of the Atlantic…
6 years ago
Japan begins charging for plastic bags
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Retailers in Japan began charging for plastic bags Wednesday, a move aimed at curbing Japanese consumers'…
6 years ago
Plastic ‘has entered’ Antarctic terrestrial food chain
by Kelly MACNAMARA PARIS, France (AFP) -- Scientists have found bits of polystyrene in the guts of tiny, soil-dwelling organisms…
6 years ago
Plastic bubble brings joy to French nursing home
by Elia VAISSIERE PICTURES BY DENIS CHARLET Agence France-Presse BOURBOURG, France (AFP) — Nathalie Szczepaniak caresses the hand of her husband…
6 years ago
Uruguayan project uses virtual money to encourage plastic recycling
by Pablo IZMIRLIAN Agence France-Presse PIRIÁPOLIS, Uruguay (AFP) -- On a hot summer's day in southern Uruguay, Graciela Martinez weighs…
6 years ago
Researchers to conduct major Japan ocean microplastics survey
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - Scientists will begin a two-year survey of microplastics in the coastal waters of Japan from April, a…
6 years ago
Pangilinan hails House panel passage of measure taxing single-use plastics
Pushes for passage of his own measure in Senate (Eagle News)--Senator Kiko Pangilinan has lauded a House of Representatives' panel…
7 years ago
Dead deer found in Thailand with 7kg of plastic in stomach
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags…
7 years ago
President Duterte mulls ban on plastic use
(Eagle News)--President Rodrigo Duterte is mulling a ban on plastics use. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte made the suggestion…
7 years ago
Trash for tickets on Indonesia’s ‘plastic bus’
by Harry PEARL JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Dozens of people clutching bags full of plastic bottles and disposable cups queue…
7 years ago
Nine deer dead in Japan after eating plastic: wildlife group
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Nine deer have died after swallowing plastic bags in Japan's Nara Park, a wildlife group…
7 years ago
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