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(Eagle News) — Muling kinalampag ng EcoWaste Coalition ang mga manufacturer at maging ang gobyerno na kanilang pananagutan ang paglaganap ng plastic pollution sa bansa. Ang kampanya ay isinagawa ng grupo sa Malate, Maynila ngayong araw bilang paggunita ng Plastic Bag Free Month ngayong Hulyo. Ayon kay Dan Alejandre ng EcoWaste Coalition, panahon na para umiwas na ang lahat sa paggamit ng single use plastic sa pamamagitan ng pagdadala ng mga eco bag o mga […]
by Pierre Donadieu and Marie Heuclin © Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP)–For decades, plastic straws have been essential props for cocktail makers, smoothie lovers and fast food addicts. But that may be starting to change, thanks largely to vigorous environmental campaigning. Under pressure from activists, the European Union, Britain, India and even fast food giants like McDonald’s have all made some headway towards bringing the use of plastic straws to an end. And with […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Startling images of plastic shreds, rubber bands and other debris found jammed in the stomach of a green turtle in Thailand have highlighted the crisis of waste-strewn seas following the widely publicized death of a whale this month. Thailand is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic, which kills hundreds of marine mammals and reptiles swimming off its coasts every year. The problem grabbed public attention in the first week […]
Pimentel urges Filipinos to reconsider plastic use By Meanne Corvera Eagle News Service Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Thursday, June 7, vowed to back a measure that will seek to ban the use of single-use plastics in the country. Zubiri made the statement following reports the Philippines was one of the major sources of plastic that ends up in the oceans and waterways. Among those he said he wished to ban were the […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — Up to five trillion grocery bags are used each year and like most plastic garbage barely any is recycled, the UN said Tuesday as it warned the world was choking on trash. In a report for International Environment Day, the UN warned at current levels the earth could be awash with 12 billion tonnes of plastic trash by the middle of the century. “Our oceans have been used as a […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At a recycling plant outside Tokyo, workers in face masks pick through an unending torrent of plastic rubbish, fuelled by a national obsession with pristine packaging — and famously strict rules that ensure much of it is reclaimed and reused. Some 10 tonnes of recyclable plastics are brought in every day to be processed at the Ichikawa Kankyo Engineering center, where workers hover over conveyor belts removing any stray items or […]
by Jenny Vaughan and Asia bureaus © Agence France-Presse THANH HOA, Vietnam (AFP) — A Vietnamese mangrove draped with polythene, a whale killed after swallowing waste bags in Thai seas and clouds of underwater trash near Indonesian “paradise” islands — grim images of the plastic crisis that has gripped Asia. About eight million tonnes of plastic waste are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic being tipped into […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — A whale has died in southern Thailand after swallowing more than 80 plastic bags, officials said, ending an attempted rescue that failed to nurse the mammal back to health. Thailand is one of the world’s largest consumers of plastic bags, which kill hundreds of marine creatures living near the country’s popular beaches each year. The small male pilot whale became the latest victim after it was found barely alive in a […]
TAMPA, United States (AFP) — US scientists said Thursday they have made progress toward a kind of plastic that can be recycled “infinitely,” and that it appears durable enough to compete with regular plastics. Unlike plastics made from petroleum products, the new kind can be converted back to its original small-molecule state, and remade into new plastics over and over, said the report in the journal Science. “The polymers can be chemically recycled and reused, […]
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — When coral reefs come in contact with plastic trash in the ocean, their risk of becoming diseased skyrockets, said an international study out Thursday. Researchers examined more than 120,000 corals on 159 reefs — some polluted with plastic, others not — from Indonesia, Australia, Myanmar and Thailand for the study in the journal Science. “We found that the chance of disease increased from four percent to 89 percent when […]
JAKARTA and MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi Province, Indonesia (Reuters) — Jakarta food and beverages retailer Ong Tek Tjan sells ice cream in cups his customers can eat afterwards, instead of throwing them away. The cups are made from seaweed and taste like jelly, in flavors from peppermint to green tea. Indonesian start-up Evoware, which makes the cups, as well as other containers, from farmed seaweed free of chemicals, is relying on its biodegradable alternative to plastic […]
HAWAII, United States (Reuters) — Surveys of ocean areas where floating plastic accumulates, such as the North Atlantic gyre, have found far less plastic than expected, perhaps less than a tenth as much. A mathematical formula developed by Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona researchers Blai Vidiella and Nuria Conde could not explain the trend, but the pair believes a population boom in microbes that evolved to biodegrade plastic is the explanation. Conde told Reuters: “What […]
