According to researchers from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, plastic production and disposal resulted in 850 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 and may be responsible forContinue Reading
On a mission to find a sustainable alternative and reduce the menace of plastic pollution, Kagzi Bottles, a company based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, has produced a 100 per centContinue Reading
Every year, more than 380 million tonnes of plastic is produced worldwide. The way we normally recycle plastics is a downward spiral of waste and degraded materials, but there isContinue Reading
Plastics are one of the world’s largest polluters, taking hundreds of years to degrade in nature. Efforts to shift from petrochemical plastics to renewable and biodegradable plastics have proven trickyContinue Reading
Break Free From Plastic engaged 14,734 volunteers in 55 countries to conduct 575 brand audits for its “Brand Audit” Report 2020. These volunteers collected 346,494 pieces of plastic waste, 63%Continue Reading
Our landfills are a graveyard for old, plastic toothbrushes. Last year, 495 million nonelectric toothbrushes were purchased in the U.S. They’re not recyclable, which means the vast majority get tossedContinue Reading
Trillions of plastic debris fragments are afloat at sea, creating a previously-unknown habitat for microbial colonization. They are rapidly colonized by microbes when released into marine environments. Introduced more thanContinue Reading
Over the past several decades, plastic waste has been found in the snow atop the highest mountains and in the deepest parts of the ocean. Microplastics are in our foodContinue Reading
