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Artist creates lifelike sculptures from plastic bottles

Artist Veronika Richterova has a shed full of bags of plastic bottles at her home in the small Czech town of Bustehrad — the raw material for her lifelike sculptures.

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Spring clean: Litter pickers set to help clear-up Europe’s beaches

Environmentally-conscious volunteers are donning gloves and picking up litter at more than 640 sites across the continent.

USA

8 simple ways to cut back on plastic

The number-one way to reduce plastic waste is to cut back on the amount we use in our daily lives.

Philippines

Whale dies from “gastric shock” after ingesting 40kgs of plastic

16 rice sacks, 4 banana bags and multiple shopping bags were found during an autopsy of a young male Cuvier’s beaked whale that washed up on a beach in the Philippines

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Saving the Seychelles, one piece of plastic at a time

From bags to bottles, around 13 million tonnes of plastic flows into our oceans every year

Australia

Balloons deadliest risk to seabirds ingesting ocean plastic

Seabirds are much more likely to die from ingesting balloon fragments than hard plastics, researchers have found.

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Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation

Robinson Crusoe island sets example for the world in conservation

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Ukrainian artist turns plastic into jewellery

'Trash is a treasure', believes Ukrainian artist Mariya Sorokina.

France

'Trash cows': Farm animals swallow metal and plastic waste

Some 60,000 cows in France develop tumours and infections every year because of waste they ingest.

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Restricting the use of microplastics and why is it essential for you

A new restriction proposal could reduce the amount of microplastics released to the environment in the EU by about 400,000 tonnes over 20 years.

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Sustainable underwear against fast fashion

These four ethical lingerie brands are on a mission to prove that sustainability is sexy.

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Can plastic bottles be the "new Egyptian cotton"?

An Egyptian factory uses recycled plastic bottles to produce polyester fibre as a cheaper alternative to cotton, after the country's cotton crop witnessed many hiccups.

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This street art is raising attention to endangered animals

Discarded plastic finds a second life in Bordello II's endangered animal street art

Italy

Italian ban on plastic cotton buds comes into effect

At the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, Italy said goodbye to cotton buds, as the New Year ushered in the country's latest push to eliminate single-use plastic products.

Focus

Solving the planet's plastic problem by closing the recycling loop

The 2018 Innovation Radar Prize has been won by an Italian startup project that seeks to recycle a much greater proportion of plastic waste

World News

2018 Review: Single-use plastics to be banned in EU

An EU law will see single-use plastics like straws, plates, knives and forks banned by 2021, in an attempt to tackle one of the most pressing environmental problems of our time. We look back at a less than fantastic year for plastic.

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December’s Positive News

Our curated list of positive stories to remember from this month headlines.

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Europe briefing: Six stories to know about today

Here are some of the key European stories to know about today.

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EU reaches agreement on single-use plastic ban

The agreement targets the 10 most common plastic products washed up on European shores

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Euroviews. How climate action is transforming the very fabric of business | View

By publicly committing to carbon neutrality, governments can lay down the indicators of success for businesses. Choosing sustainable materials, whether for packaging or for construction, should be a cornerstone of the EU’s low emissions strategy by 2050.