Satellite imaging can now spot plastic trash hiding on beaches
“This is incredibly exciting, as up to now we have not had a tool for detecting plastics in coastal environments from space,” ...
Crews find body of final missing Impact Plastics employee in Unicoi Co. more than a month after Helene
Rosa was the last missing person in Unicoi County after flooding from Helene swept several employees away in September. She ...
To tackle plastic scourge, Philippines makes companies pay
Long one of the world's top sources of ocean plastic, the Philippines is hoping new legislation requiring big companies to ...
'New Wave' As Start-up Sweeps Up Thai Ocean Plastic
As a long-tail boat arrives at a fishing village on the southern Thai island of Koh Chang, residents gather to sell their ...
As Impact Plastics bosses fled flood, Johnny Peterson went in for co-workers, lawsuit says
Peterson ended up trapped by the rising and raging flood with a group that included his colleagues, all of them clinging to ...
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LA County suing PepsiCo, Coca-Cola over plastic beverage pollution
Los Angeles County has filed a lawsuit against PepsiCo and The Coca-Cola Co. alleging their “significant role” in plastic ...
Microplastics increasing in freshwater, directly related to plastic production
Microplastics have been steadily increasing in freshwater environments for decades and are directly tied to rising global ...
At this Northwestern professor's lab, plastic-eating microbes show promise to gobble up microplastics in nature
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying ...
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LA County sues Coke, Pepsi over ‘deception' in plastics recycling
Los Angeles County has sued consumer product giants Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc., accusing them of misleading the public ...
They’re working to get rid of the plastic, trash in the ocean, starting in South Florida
Stopping the fast-growing production of plastics is a big part of the solution, says Caiti Waks, who founded the Miami ...
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R1.14-billion plastic recycling plant marks North Coast’s global appeal
A new €60-million (R1.14-billion) plastic recycling plant in Ballito shows further evidence of global investment interest on the North Coast. Austrian multinational recycling company ALPLA officially ...