plastic

Pag-iwas sa paggamit ng plastic, muling ipinanawagan ng EcoWaste Coalition

(Eagle News) -- Muling kinalampag ng EcoWaste Coalition ang mga manufacturer at maging ang gobyerno na kanilang pananagutan ang paglaganap…

War on plastic leaves manufacturers clutching at straws

  by Pierre Donadieu and Marie Heuclin © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP)--For decades, plastic straws have been essential props…

Thai turtle’s plastic-filled stomach highlights ocean crisis

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of…

Zubiri vows to support measures banning single-use plastics

Pimentel urges Filipinos to reconsider plastic use By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on…

UN says world choking on plastic as environmental crisis grows

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- Up to five trillion grocery bags are used each year and like most plastic garbage…

Recycling plastic — Japan style

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- At a recycling plant outside Tokyo, workers in face masks pick through an unending torrent of…

Plastic wasteland: Asia’s ocean pollution crisis

by Jenny Vaughan and Asia bureaus © Agence France-Presse THANH HOA, Vietnam (AFP) -- A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a…

Whale dies in Thailand after swallowing 80 plastic bags

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said,…

Progress toward ‘infinitely recyclable’ plastic

TAMPA, United States (AFP) -- US scientists said Thursday they have made progress toward a kind of plastic that can…

Ocean plastics raise risk of coral reef disease

  MIAMI, United States (AFP) -- When coral reefs come in contact with plastic trash in the ocean, their risk…

Edible glass made from seaweed to curb plastic plague

JAKARTA and MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia (Reuters) -- Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream…

Microbes could have evolved to feed on plastic

HAWAII, United States (Reuters) -- Surveys of ocean areas where floating plastic accumulates, such as the North Atlantic gyre, have…

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