Environmental organisations claim plastic clean-up tech not all it seems on the surface
A new report from the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) and OceanCare highlights the damaging impacts of ‘quick fix’ ocean clean-up technologies.
Tag: marine-plastic-pollution
Study reveals the 10 billion tonne plastic pollution bomb ticking away in every corner of the planet
Humans have to date produced a staggering 10 billion tonnes of plastic – of which about six billion tonnes is now plastic waste in landfill sites or polluting the open environment
Pressure increases on Japan Gov’t as public wants more action on plastic pollution ahead of G7
While two out of three Japanese citizens want a new international treaty to tackle the escalating problem of plastic pollution, their Government is reluctant to commit
Why hasn’t Canada backed a UN treaty to tackle the rise of plastic pollution on a global level?
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) has urged Canada to break its silence over support for a UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
Poor plastic progress: Supermarket plastic rises above 900,000 tonnes a year, despite plastic reduction pledges
Supermarket plastic has risen to more than 900,000 tonnes – despite retailers making public commitments to cut down their plastic packaging
Almost a billion bottles flying off the shelves: campaigners call for water dispensers to oust plastic water bottles
Plastic from bottled water is soaring, as UK supermarkets reveal they sold more than one billion plastic water bottles in 2018