Some harsh realities about the poor progress being made on plastic recycling targets…

>"Billions of the pellets end up in the sea, killing turtles, whales and dolphins, and are washed up on beaches _...Read More_

Great to see a bigger push towards renewable and sustainable packaging being used in supermarkets. World Refill Day (with _...Read More_

"Microplastic pollution has been detected in human blood for the first time, with scientists finding the tiny particles in almost 80% of the people _...Read More_

"Half of the buoy was dark and the other light, like a planet in relief. The buoy sailed east, accompanied by the vastness of the ocean and all the life it contains, the long-lived great humpback whales with their complex songs that carry _...Read More_

A global summit on clearing up the oceans has produced big promises – is it just blah, blah, blah, or can we make the _...Read More_

>"The new pact would be legally binding and could go beyond cleaning up plastic waste to curbs on future production."

"World leaders to gather in Nairobi next week to discuss first global treaty to combat plastic waste"

>"Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new _...Read More_

"Tiny particles including tyre dust found in ice cores stretching back 50 years, showing global plastic contamination"

>"Study calls for cap on production and release as pollution threatens global ecosystems upon which life depends"

Critical plastics piece w/ many quotable parts: "It can be hard to visualize the web that connects commonplace cups to the interlocking global crises of toxics, environmental injustice, & climate change, & even harder to locate _...Read More_

"A lyrical meditation on our most insidious creation."

>"New products range from washing machine filters and balls to fabrics made from kelp and orange peel"