Tag: single-use plastics

The dirt on chemical recycling in plastics

Choking on plastic bags. Turns out 100 companies are leading greenwashing recycling in the plastics industry. Their so-called "sustainable" approach to reusing plastics is much much worse than you can imagine.

Dubai’s dead plastic camels

A new scientific study showing that desert camels are dying from mistaking plastic bags for food has lead pioneering plastic pollution researchers and others to call for a radical shift in how we discuss the problem that's harming life in all environments on Earth--on land, not just in the sea. 

Florida beermaker’s edible packaging is saving lives

A small Florida microbrewery has developed a biodegradable and edible six-pack ring, a new approach to sustainable packaging aimed...

6 simple, pain-free ways to ditch plastics

I just met a pair of young Swedes, newcomers to Amman who were quickly appalled by the piles of...