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Scientists have studied the impacts of plastic waste on flesh-footed shearwaters in Australia.

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Seabirds eating plastic are developing ‘plasticosis’.

The WasteShark stalks its plastic prey in Canary Wharf, London.

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Scotland is looking to introduce a deposit return scheme.

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The Nairobi River runs through waste clothing at Gikomba market.

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Europe's storks used to fly south to Africa's Sahel region to spend the winter, stopping off in Spain along the way. But global warming is cutting their migrations short.

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See why trash for breakfast is so damaging for Spain's storks

10/02/2023

More than 10,000 recycled plastic bottles are used in the set and costumes for K-Ballet’s ‘Plastic’ show.

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Watch as ballet dancers twirl amid ‘celestial’ plastic waste set

28/01/2023

Device that captures microplastic particles from tyres as they are emitted.

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This device captures microplastic pollution from car tyres

26/01/2023

Millions of tonnes of plastic spew into the world's oceans every single year.

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Bacteria eat some of the ocean’s ‘missing plastic’

26/01/2023

A large quantity of plastic pellets has washed ashore polluting the beaches of Pornic, western France.

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French authorities hunt for source of 'nightmare' plastic pellet spill

24/01/2023

Robin Frohardt, creator of the Plastic Bag Store, holds plastic bag roses at the art installation, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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This new grocery store is stocked entirely with plastic bags

19/01/2023

Patrick Cikuru Cirimwami with a collection of his portraits of D.R.C. politicians.

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Watch this artist make political portraits from a mountain of plastic

16/01/2023

Researchers say it is a ‘game-changer’ in the transition to a circular economy.

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This solar-powered system can recycle plastic into sustainable fuels

11/01/2023

Similar single-use plastic bans are already in place in Scotland and Wales.

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What items will be included in England’s single-use plastic ban?

09/01/2023

A fish dies as a result of ingesting nurdles. A total of over 470 turtles, nearly 50 dolphins and 8 whales washed ashore, dead, after Sri Lanka's 2021 nurdle spill.

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08/01/2023

Climate change litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years.

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07/01/2023

Mini hotel toiletries and single-use takeaway packaging are being targeted by a new EU ban.

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Hotel miniature toiletries could be banned under new EU law

22/12/2022

Notpla is making a plastic alternative from seaweed and plants.

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Forget plastic, seaweed could provide all the packaging we need

19/12/2022

Employees work at an Amazon delivery station in Rozenburg on November 30, 2022.

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Amazon plastic packaging could go ‘around the world 800 times’

15/12/2022

Coca-Cola displayed in a supermarket in Toulouse, southwestern France.

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This is what the biggest brands need to do to reduce plastic waste

09/12/2022

New legislation could see McDonalds ditch some single use packaging in the EU.

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This reusable McDonald’s packaging could be the future in Europe

30/11/2022

Plastic pollution is a global problem. A plastics treaty might fix it.

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What the 'landmark' plastic pollution treaty could mean for the planet

28/11/2022

Child activists join a march through Westminster during a 'climate strike' demonstration, part of the global 'Fridays for Future' movement

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Seven in ten children fear climate change, survey shows

24/11/2022

Coca-Cola, Unilever, and Nestle have all been named in the top five most polluting companies for plastic waste

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Coca-Cola is named world’s worst plastic polluter for a fifth year

18/11/2022

Microplastics pose a nasty threat to human health - but scientists have recruited an unlikely ally in the fight against pollution.

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Eggs could help us fight plastic pollution, research finds

09/11/2022