Global plastic waste vortex threatens Easter Island's ecosystem

STORY: Easter Island is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic waste... mostly from elsewhere.The Chilean island receives around 50 times more plastic and microplastic than the coasts of Chile.That's ... Read More

Easter Island battles global vortex of plastic waste

Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. Read More

EcoWaste tells Marcos: Waste-to-energy won’t solve flooding

Relentless rains and cyclones in past months have submerged various parts of the country in floods, prompting the President to promote waste-to-energy (WTE) as a fix. Environmentalists, however, ... Read More

Researchers examine the persistence of invisible plastic pollution

Plastic pollution -- tiny bits of plastic, smaller than a grain of sand -- is everywhere, a fact of life that applies even to newborn rodents. Read More

10 easy ways to reduce plastic pollution; the impact and reasons of reducing plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is a severe global issue, jeopardizing ecosystems, particularly marine life. Millions of tons of plastic waste invade oceans annually, breaking into microplastics that contaminate ... Read More

Wildlife, climate and plastic: how three summits aim to repair a growing rift with nature

By the end of 2024, nearly 200 nations will have met at three conferences to address three problems: biodiversity loss, climate change and plastic pollution. Read More

World News

In the 1990s, China began sending pandas to foreign zoos to be bred, in the hope that future generations could be released into the wild. It hasn’t gone as planned. By Mara Hvistendahl and Joy ... Read More

5 Fashion Designers Radically Transforming Waste

From worn lifejackets to fly-tipped sofas, young designers across the world are transforming waste and discarded items into desirable garments. Read More

Water Crises Threaten the World’s Ability to Eat, Studies Show

Food production is concentrated in too few countries, many of which face water shortages, the researchers said. Read More

'Convergence' growing on global plastics treaty: UN environment chief

The UN environment chief said Sunday she was beginning to see convergence on the world's first binding ... on "some degree of global obligations or guidelines for plastic products." ... Read More

PN Live: How the UN treaty could change the global plastics industry

The UN plastics treaty talks are coming to a close, and the agreement seems certain to have big long-term impacts on the global plastics industry, especially resin production, single-use plastics ... Read More

Why is India the world’s biggest plastic polluter?

The Indian government's efforts to support the petrochemicals industry have resulted in the rampant production of non-essential plastics, which has added to the country's plastic waste crisis. Read More