Trump pushes for use of plastic straws in US, defies global trend of countries imposing a ban
President Donald Trump in a new executive order inked on Monday encouraged the U.S. government and consumers to purchase plastic drinking straws at a time when several countries have issued a ban on non-biodegradable single-use plastics.
To end the plastic crisis, the UN plastic pollution treaty must introduce new global binding rules to regulate production and consumption. These rules must include measures to ban, phase-out, ...
The IAEA is working with experts from all over the world to change that fate and protect marine life and the environment from plastic pollution. With its partners, the IAEA is researching and ...
At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and ...
This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics, and take ...
A full report with more in depth information on the case studies will be published in early 2025. A GLOBAL TREATY TO END PLASTIC POLLUTION THAT PEOPLE AND NATURE NEED To ensure that world leaders ...
Check out our guide to below and join the Blue Planet Live Lesson on Tuesday 26th March, which will investigate plastic pollution, sustainability and the effects of climate change on our oceans.
In California, new regulations under the state’s SB54 Plastic Pollution Prevention and Packaging Producer Responsibility Act came into force at the beginning of this year, which effectively bans ...
"Plastic pollution poses a serious threat to marine ... The Raman signal backscattered from a distant target was detected as a vertical line, and the hyperspectral information contained in each ...
(Getty Images/iStockphoto) The research, presented at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver, raised urgent questions about the role of plastic pollution in pregnancy ...
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