Tag: plastic pollution
44% of ocean plastics are linked to takeout food
Researchers are turning their attention to takeout containers and convenience food as the worst offender in plastics polluting the ocean.
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.”
$1 million nurdle spill settlement shines light on plastic pollution during...
Small pellets, big problems.
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If winning is everything, why are hardcore MAGA still locked in—blind to gushing failures,...
Like the double sucker denying he’s been conned, MAGA says “thank you” after being fleeced. What MAGA got is an emotional escape value and theatrical echo chamber—sans benefits.
How Hakeem Jeffries and J Street teamed up for arming genocide
The congressman and J Street were opposing an amendment to block $3.3 billion in military shipments and other aid to Israel.
As GOP megabill’s SNAP cuts take effect, millions lose food aid and states face...
New tracking finds SNAP enrollment has fallen by more than 4.5 million people since July 2025, and analysts warn states could soon owe roughly $9 billion a year.
ICE prepares to expand arrests of Haitian migrants as Temporary Protected Status ends
The escalation follows a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June that allowed the Trump administration to end TPS protections for Haitians and Syrians while litigation continues.
Trump imposes new tariffs on 60 trading partners as previous global levies expire
A forced-labor rationale and a set of older trade statutes keep the president's import-tax agenda intact months after the Supreme Court struck down his original tariffs.