Tag: plastic pollution
Coca-Cola produced more than 110 billion plastic bottles last year
Coca-Cola has increased their use of single-use plastic bottles over the last decade.
New bill aims to restore ‘common-sense’ plastic water bottle ban in...
The bill would allow National Park Service regional directors the discretion to implement the policy and encourages them to develop a visitor education strategy to explain the rationale for the program.
Seattle will ban plastic straws and utensils at restaurants next year
The exemption that allowed restaurants to dispense plastics is set to expire and will not be renewed.
This South Pacific nation is saying goodbye to single-use plastic bags...
The PM of Vanuatu announced it the ban on Independence Day.
91% of plastic isn’t recycled, new study finds
“We as a society need to consider whether it’s worth trading off some convenience for a clean, healthy environment."
Junk raft: A journey through a polluted ocean
What better way to understand the dangers of plastic pollution than by traveling on a ship made out of garbage?
Latest figures reveal that the world uses 500 billion plastic bottles...
Plastic bottles will soon take over the entire Earth, literally.
Plastic pollution in Antarctica 5 times worse than expected
As many as 51 trillion microplastic particles – 500 times more than stars in our galaxy – litter our seas, seriously threatening marine wildlife.
9 shocking facts about plastics in our oceans
The amount of plastic in the world’s oceans could increase by a factor of 10 in the next decade.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
The researchers found that 100 percent of the plant-based meat substitutes contained at least one of 19 different types of mycotoxins, often showing high "co-occurrence" (multiple toxins in a single product).
Supreme Court rulings and new Southern maps intensify battle over Black voting power before...
A series of redistricting fights in Alabama, Tennessee, and Virginia is reshaping the struggle over voting rights and congressional control as critics warn that recent Supreme Court decisions are accelerating the erosion of protections for Black voters.
The electric car is the only winner in the latest Iran war
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum.
The US-China tech race, resource wars, and the cost of militarization
Over the past decade, a steady and well-funded campaign has convinced the general public that China is the greatest threat to the safety and security of the American people.
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?