TravelPulse

Monty Halls and HX Foundation Launch Citizen Science Project to Combat Marine Pollution

WHY IT RATES: Monty Halls and the HX Foundation join forces to launch a groundbreaking citizen science initiative to tackle marine pollution. —Janeen Christoff, TravelPulse Managing Editor A ...
news.ucsb.edu

A new study in Science maps out a comprehensive plan to eliminate plastic pollution by 2050

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...
University of California

Yes, we can eliminate plastic pollution (by 2050)

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...
New York Post

Plastic-eating worm discovered — could help reduce pollution ‘faster and more efficiently’, scientists say

Eating plastic, it’s fantastic! Scientists might have found an unlikely solution to the trash problem choking our planet — a plastic-eating insect, which was described in the journal Nature. The ...

Big fish aiming to reduce plastic waste at beach

Students in Guernsey have made the sculpture which will act as a bin.
Leadership

French Embassy Ends €753,000 Plastic Recycling Project, Empowers Nigerian Varsities

The Embassy of France in Nigeria has completed a three-year €753,000 Plastic Waste Processing Project to strengthen recycling ...
The Washington Post

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...
Los Angeles Times

We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving ...
Phys.org

Cleaning plastic containers in a dishwasher is a source of microplastic pollution, study finds

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...

GAEC hosts African scientists to develop common microplastics monitoring standards

Scientists from 21 African countries have gathered in Accra to develop common protocols for monitoring microplastics in ...
Science Daily

A shocking amount of plastic is floating in city air

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...
Medical Xpress

Plastic pollution is an underrecognized threat to health, experts warn

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...