20 states have joined forces to form high ambition coalition to end plastic pollution by 2040 Coalition will advocate for legally binding global rules and regulations, rather than patchwork of national standards, when finalising global plastic treaty World needs more states to join the coalition to ensure swift end to plastic pollution GLAND, Switzerland (August …
With 19 single-use plastic items banned from July 1, including the straws, companies including Dabur India Ltd. and Parle Agro Pvt, have been racing to replace them with imported paper versions Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for imposing policies suddenly on an unprepared nation, but when he pledged in 2019 to eliminate single-use plastics, …
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rePurpose Global, a global platform for reducing plastic waste, reveals it has partnered with twenty plant-based brands to take immediate action on the plastic pollution crisis. Brands including No Evil Foods, The Very Good Butchers, Outstanding Foods, V-Dog and more are coming together to remove the equivalent of 27 million plastic bags, or 3 million plastic bottles, from nature every year. …
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Omar Sartawi, Jordanian food artist and molecular gastronomist, has created eco-friendly designer purses out of oranges. “People’s view of sustainability is that it is something that is second class,” Sartawi told Reuters. “My idea is that these are more beautiful than mass produced products because they are natural.” Sartawi’s bag took eight months to create …
The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution, a new study has found. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden measured samples of environmental DNA from around the globe and used computer modelling to search for microbial enzymes with plastic-degrading potential. …
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