Santa Barbara Independent

Community Environmental Council Focuses On Plastic Pollution Solutions

SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 20, 2024) – Plastic is everywhere – more than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter the ocean each year, and the United States is ...
Opinion

COLUMNIST: We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

Within 15 years, a garbage truck's worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second.
The Hill

False ‘greenwash’ solutions won’t help — we need to eliminate our use of plastics

The good news about plastic pollution is that public awareness has become widespread of the gravity and harm of pollution by this now-ubiquitous manmade material. As a result, most people want to see ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Opinion/Solutions: Tackling plastic pollution where it starts – manufacturers

To reduce trash, some states want to charge companies whose packaging isn’t recyclable. Nashville is growing – and so are its piles of trash. The Middle Point Landfill, in nearby Murfreesboro, ...
Acsh.org

Plastic Pollution In Waterways Is Bad and Worsening, But There Is A Solution — Genetically-Engineered Bacteria That Eat Plastic

Genetically engineered bacteria can not only degrade plastic waste, but they can convert it into valuable industrial chemicals. There are still unknowns -- for example, how to do this at scale and how ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Plastic Free July Events Highlight Plastic Pollution Solutions

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SANTA BARBARA, Calif (June 30, 2023) – More than 10 million metric tons of plastics enter ...
WUNC

Plastic waste is everywhere. Countries have one more chance to agree on a solution

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to agree on ...
Newsweek

Turning the Tide—How Latinos Hold the Solution to Marine Plastic Pollution | Opinion

The ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ground for plastic waste. With 171 trillion pieces of plastic amounting to 1 million to 1.7 million tons currently floating in it, ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Built-in washing machine filters quick fix to microplastic problem, advocates say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There's a dirty little secret lurking in your laundry. A single load of laundry sends 15 million microfibers through our waterways. Microfibers are tiny little strands of plastic that ...

Reno High student raises concerns about plastic pollution | Opinion

So how much more plastic are you willing to consume? I’m sure most of you are aware of the environmental consequences of ...
Noozhawk

Community Environmental Council Targets Plastic Pollution Solutions

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) This summer, the ...
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Contributor: We're losing the race against plastic, but there's a solution

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving ...