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Does the Corona pandemic have a silver lining?
It may be a cynical premise to argue at a time when countries all over the world are locking down, severely restrict public life and face the consequences of dropping industrial production. But it seems that there is a winner
A startup seeks to replace plastic straws with a type of grass
Plastic straws are among the most pernicious disposable plastic items. They are used once and then discarded without a second thought. And not just a few either but billions upon billions of them. Worse yet: they are nonessential items as
The COVID-19 outbreak is adding to plastic pollution
"We are now seeing the effect of the outbreak on the environment,” an environmentalist says.
We now know where most plastic trash goes in the oceans
Of all the plastic that enters Earth’s oceans each year, just 1% has been observed floating on the surface.
Report’s global ranking on air pollution has a few surprises
Poor air quality varies by region, but some causes are climate-related beyond industrial or transport-linked emissions.
They swept Melbourne’s curbs. They found ocean plastic.
Much of “road dust” comes from our vehicle tires. Scientists say it's ending up as ocean plastic.