According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method ...

The issue involves the use of the words "ocean plastics" when referring to recycled plastic collected and used in Glad brand plastic bags in Australia.

In Newsweek's annual honoring of the World's Greatest Auto Disruptors, Kia is the 2025 Sustainability Disruptor of the Year.

Last August, I learned of a new study that revealed that the human brains studied were nearly 0.5% plastic by weight. Let ...

The battle against plastic pellet pollution has received a significant boost at the ongoing International Maritime Summit in ...

Figure 2. Flow diagram of literature review. A deductive method was conducted to generate items (Elo and Kyngäs, 2008) related to each domain (knowledge, attitude, practice, and skill) and enrich the ...

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This year’s theme, Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles, focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and ...

But if some of it does end up in the ocean, it will be far less harmful, and possibly even beneficial, compared to current plastic waste. A paper describing the research was published in the ...

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The gear, which included a Casio RZ-1 Digital Sampling Rhythm Composer from the 1980s, was destined for electronic waste disposal before the Redditor ... Instead of letting these items end up in a ...