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Recycling isn’t enough
The world’s plastic pollution crisis is only getting worse
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New Zealand invests in growing its domestic recycling industry
To create jobs and dump less rubbish at landfills
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What happens to the plastic you recycle?
Researchers lift the lid
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Let’s get the facts straight on Ontario’s Blue Box
The current debate over what to do about Ontario’s Blue Box frequently confuses at least four distinct but interrelated issues
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How to get abandoned, lost and discarded ‘ghost’ fishing gear out of the ocean
A new project aims to get ghost gear out of the ocean and provide the fishing industry with the opportunity to be part of the solution
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Earth overshoot day
We must move the date with a plan, not a pandemic
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Trade policy is key in dealing with plastic pollution
The pandemic has led to a surge in pollution from disposable products like plastic face masks and hand sanitizer bottles. Effective trade rules can help limit the spread of coronavirus waste.
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How Earth’s plastic pollution problem could look by 2040
When it comes to plastic pollution, we know close to nothing about how and where plastic waste is generated, managed, treated and disposed of, especially in low and middle income countries
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Global electronic waste up 21 percent in five years
And recycling isn’t keeping up
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Covid-19 has resurrected single-use plastics
Are they back to stay?
