Plastic Pollution Archives

Power of art to connect and spark climate action

Guest Blog: Artist Emma Lamb explains the power of art to create emotional connections with environmental issues and spark climate action.

News: How fast microplastics go through gut of zooplankton is key to how much polluting material gets transported down to ocean depths daily.

Guest Blog: Senior names from a non-profit discuss why failure in Geneva marks a turning point, not the end, for the Global Plastics Treaty.

Guest Blog by Monty Simus: How will the fallout affect pollution after collective failure to find a way forward on the Global Plastics Treaty?

News: Cleanup pioneer has now extracted 10 million kg of polluting ocean plastic and trash from Great Pacific Garbage Patch and world rivers.

News: Researchers discover a method of chemical recycling that achieves full degradation of single-use bioplastics within just 24 hours.

News: With 200 tonnes of waste left around Mount Everest every year, a local clean-up initiative is crowdsourcing its removal in 1kg bags.

Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper explores chemical recycling as a solution to the problem of plastic waste.

News: Sustainable packaging launch by restaurant chain will cut 330 tonnes of virgin plastic from supply chain and waste stream every year.

Future of Packaging: Article for report in ‘The Times’ newspaper asks whether it is time for mandatory measures to tackle plastic pollution.