Monday, March 30, 2026

Tag: plastic pollution

Takeout food the main contributor to plastic pollution in our oceans

This information will make it easier for policymakers to actually take action to try to turn off the tap of marine litter flowing into the ocean, rather than just clean it up.”

Why plastic pollution is even worse than you think

When it comes to plastic our efforts seem to be much more focused on what happens after we use it than before we use it.

What comes after this plastic-filled pandemic?

A new generation of medical professionals is tasked with undoing decades of hospitals’ easy reliance on single-use plastic.

Plastic pollution raises beach temperatures, threatening marine life, study finds

The problem is only likely to get worse unless something is done to stem the plastic tide.

Chile passes single-use plastic regulation that will reduce 23,000 tons of...

"This law is ambitious, but at the same time it's realistic for where Chile stands regarding waste generation and its technical capabilities to make these changes possible."

Who’s making — and funding — the world’s plastic trash?

ExxonMobil, Dow, Barclays, and more top lists in a new report ranking the companies behind the single-use plastic crisis.

U.S. continues to ship illegal plastic waste to developing countries

“You’re starting to see an outcry in countries being flooded with waste. And we are already seeing more countries starting to put their foot down.”

Paving roads in plastic can help with pollution problem

“Recycled plastic binders are ‘closing the loop’ by using plastic that had been used for something else and giving it new life, keeping the plastic out of our landfills and oceans.”

Coca-Cola introduces new 100% recycled bottle in US, but is it...

The company seems to be aiming to clean up its act somewhat this year with the introduction of a 13.2-ounce bottle made with 100-percent recycled PET (rPET) plastic.

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Spain blocks US war operations in Iran and calls conflict “profoundly illegal”

Madrid closes airspace and denies military base access, widening tensions with Washington as legal experts cite violations of the UN charter

Trump, complicity in genocide, started a terrible war; he must be removed NOW.

When will this march into Trump authoritarianism be stopped by some powerful, fearless leader?

How Democrats helped clear Trump’s path back to power

The Democratic Party has chosen again and again to abandon working people and cling to corporate power, militarism, and a feckless, out-of-touch leadership class, Norman Solomon of RootsAction says. And we’re all paying the price.

Nuke power equals Trump profits

Amidst his escalating attacks on renewable energy and atomic safety, the Trump family’s investments in nuclear fusion live under a bad cloud that threatens us all. 

Trump’s Iran war drives more than $100 billion to fossil fuel giants as global...

Analysis finds oil and gas price spikes linked to the conflict have shifted massive wealth from households and businesses to major energy companies while lawmakers propose taxing windfall profits.