From strategic planning and change management to community engagement, Plastic Pollution Solutions® advises and executes on a variety of programs, projects, campaigns and initiatives to highlight brand solutions to the global environmental crisis of plastic pollution. ...
Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue, causing harm to aquatic animals and the environment. To prevent plastic from reaching our oceans, various techniques have been developed, including filtering storm- and wastewater, preventing littering, removing microplastics from wastewater, and preventing...
Plastic usage increases year by year, and the growing trend is projected to continue. However as of 2017, only 9% of the 9 billion tons of plastic ever produced had been recycled leaving large amounts of plastics to contaminate the environment, resulting in important negative health and economi...
Most plastic production requires a core ingredient: crude oil dug deep from the Earth’s crust. The seismic vibrations caused by oil extraction is enough to disrupt some habitats. But when you factor in the threat of oil spills and the infrastructure needed to transport resource...
start in Indonesia because it has the world’s highest levels of marine biodiversity, yet also has high plastic pollution that puts this marine biodiversity at risk. The Indonesian government has pledged up to $1 billion per year to reduce the amount of ...
The most heartening thing is that the issue of single-use waste plastic has gained international attention and even if scattered, efforts to address the problem are real. Coca-Cola, which also produces Dasani water, announced a goal to “collect and recycle the equivalent” of 100-percent of ...
, leading to potential health risks in humans. UNESCO’s report highlights the environmental challenges faced by Biosphere Reserves due to plastic pollution. The ‘Towards Zero Waste Future for Biosphere Reserve’ campaign aims to promote sustainable waste management and raise awareness about the i...
pollution. A substantial portion of this plastic waste, approximately50%, is single-useand often contaminates ecosystems and enters the food chain. Within this broader context of plastic pollution, single-use pregnancy tests emerge as a significant, yet often overlooked, contributor ...
Cite this article Horejs, C. Solutions to plastic pollution. Nat Rev Mater 5, 641 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00237-0 Download citation Published12 August 2020 Issue DateSeptember 2020 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00237-0 Subjects Environmental impact Sustainability Se...
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