WELLINGTON, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Arden said on Friday that her country will ban single-use plastic bags, in an effort to tackle the plastic pollution that is plaguing the country's coast. The government has asked supermarkets and grocery stores in the co...
"We're heading in the right direction, but we need to look at the whole plastic system in New Zealand and join other countries in adopting a true sustainable economy approach," Sage said. The commitment aims to eradicate plastic waste and pollution at the source and has been signed by 250...
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Plastic pellets on New Zealand beaches - Gregory - 1977 () Citation Context ...ats considered in pollution studies referring to virgin plastic pellets, small plastic fragments, and microplastics Size (mm) Habitat Nomenclature Reference 4 to 6 Beaches in New Zealand Pellets only =-=Gregory 1977-...
This paper focuses on the Australasia region, covering the continent of Australia and the North Island of New Zealand, for a better understanding of the pollution status in those regions. Concerns about plastic debris in the marine environment, as well as the role of plastic as a vector for ...
Plastic gathered from remote corners of the South Pacific Ocean, including nesting areas of New Zealand albatrosses, has confirmed the global threat of plastic pollution to seabirds. Published on 12 October in the journal Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, the study looks for pat...
RESEARCHARTICLE PlasticPollutionintheWorld’sOceans: Morethan5TrillionPlasticPieces Weighingover250,000TonsAfloatatSea MarcusEriksen 1 *,LaurentC.M.Lebreton 2 ,HenryS.Carson 3,4 ,MartinThiel 5,6,7 , CharlesJ.Moore 8 ,JoseC.Borerro 9 ,FrancoisGalgani 10 ,PeterG.Ryan 11 , JuliaReisser 12 1...
A BBC team has filmed a worrying video recording of the shocking effect plastic pollution is having on seabirds in the Tasman Sea, which is between Australi a and New Zealand. The film is part of a BBC plan called Plastics Watch- following the effect of plastic on the environment.The film...
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New Zealand became the latest country Friday to outlaw single-use plastic shopping bags, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying they will be phased out over the next year as a "meaningful step" towards reducing pollution.