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Nagaland enforces single-use plastic ban on items such as plastic bags, plates and forks; heavy penalties in store
The ban includes the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, and sale of any type of plastic b…
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World producing record amount of single-use plastic waste than ever: Minderoo Foundation report
The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers creat…
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200 Indian companies register for extended producer responsibility for plastic packaging
Ahead of the total ban on Single Use Plastic (SUP) from July 1, about 200-odd brand owners, includi…
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Package deal: Businesses and environmental groups pushed for a Colorado tax that will fund recycling of bottles and containers
Colorado has become the third state to enact a law that will tax bottles, food wrappers, and other …
Catherine Boudreau
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Ban on single-use plastic kicks in across India as the country recognises the choking impacts of plastic waste on the environment
India generates nearly one crore tonnes of plastic waste annually, of which around 35 lakh tonnes r…
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55 tons of ocean plastic collected from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to be recycled into Kia’s electric vehicles!
Kia has already begun upcycling plastic in many car parts, such as the EV9 model which incorporates…
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Waste Management, North America's largest trash hauler, wants to shrink plastic pollution
Nearly all the plastic shrink-wrap produced in the US ends up in the landfill. Waste Management wan…
Catherine Boudreau
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COVID-19 pandemic generated more than 8 million tonnes of plastic waste globally, says study
The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found th…
PTI
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Amazon used 11.6% less plastic for shipping last year and is phasing out those blue and white plastic mailers
Amazon used 11.6% less plastic last year for shipping and is phasing out those blue and white plast…
Catherine Boudreau
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Amazon created 599 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2020, 23.5 million pounds of which ended up in the world's oceans, watchdog report says
So much Amazon packaging ends up in the ocean, it's like "dumping a delivery van payload of plastic…
Ben Gilbert
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Three-quarters of the world's population wants single-use plastics banned, according to new study
The new poll by Reuters and IPSOS comes as countries meet in Nairobi later this month to start nego…
Alex Bitter
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Scientists create car parts from lemons, corn, almonds and pomegranates that are better than traditional parts
These new materials exhibited a plethora of different colours, aromas, textures and even antimicrob…
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A mom shared her hack for keeping her kids entertained on a flight — but some people say it's wasteful
Nichola Knox, a content creator, shared in an Instagram video that she uses painter's tape to keep …
Marielle Descalsota
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Bill Nye says Coca-Cola is recycling its way to 'a world without waste.' He's wrong.
Coca-Cola is among the world's biggest plastic polluters. Recycling doesn't keep plastics out of la…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Denmark spent over $150,000 to rid a beach of debris and seaweed, then dumped it in the water with a bulldozer
Video shows a bulldozer scooping up seaweed and debris, which reportedly included plastic, along th…
Yelena Dzhanova
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COVID-19 has exposed the dangers of a linear waste-making business model and underlined the importance of reducing our carbon footprint: Mahesh Singh, Flipkart
With the festive season upon us, e-commerce packaging is at an all-time high. Here's how Flipkart i…
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HUL aims to achieve 100% plastic waste collection this year
Entails safe recovery and recycling of over 1 lakh tons of plastic through an EPR programme coverin…
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80% plastic pollution could be eradicated by 2040 with appropriate policy changes: UNEP report
To slash plastic pollution by 80 per cent globally by 2040, the report suggests first eliminating p…
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Researchers found that plastic pollutants in the ocean may be 'exciting' hermit crabs, which could lead to disrupted marine food webs
The lead author of the study told Insider it's possible the plastic waste pollutant could also be i…
Erin Snodgrass
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I'm trying to have a less wasteful holiday season. I've asked for no new gifts, and I'm decorating with natural things.
To be less wasteful, she's asked friends and family to not gift her kids anything new this holiday.…