Written By Joe Myers Writer, Forum Agenda Madeleine North Senior Writer, Forum Agenda This article was first published in June…
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Written By Douglas McCauley Professor, University of California Santa Barbara; Member of Friends of Ocean Action; Director, Benioff Ocean Science…
Written By Ewan Thomson Senior Writer, Forum Agenda While plastic has become a vital part of modern life, plastic pollution is…
Written By Lesley Henderson, University of Strathclyde Does the prediction that there could be “more plastic than fish in the…
Written By Liviana Zorzi Specialist, National Plastic Action Partnership, World Economic Forum This article is part of: Centre for Nature and…
Written By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes This article is published in collaboration with EcoWatch Scientists have created biodegradable plastics from spirulina,…
Written By Jon Smieja Vice President, Circularity & Senior Analyst, GreenBiz Group This article is part of: Climate Action Platform Nearly…
Written By Helen White This article is published in collaboration with Futurity A new system that uses carbon dioxide to…
Written by David L. Chandler Writer, MIT News An estimated 50,000 tons of microplastics are intentionally added every year to…
Written by Alissar Chaker Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme in Cambodia Moeko Saito Jensen Environment Policy Specialist, United Nations Development Programme…
This article is published in collaboration with EcoWatch Written by Linnea Harris Reporter, EcoWatch Traditional leather production is a land-intensive process…
Written By Emmanuel Ladent Chief Executive Officer, CARBIOS Just 9% of the world’s plastics waste is recycled, yet plastics have a…
Written By James Lofty, Cardiff University; Pablo Ouro, University of Manchester, and Valentine Muhawenimana, Cardiff University Plastic particles smaller than…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Gim Huay Neo Managing Board, Head of Centre for Nature and Climate, World Economic Forum[/box] Governments…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Simon Torkington Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Over 90% of the plastic waste in our oceans is…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Poonam Watine Knowledge Specialist, GPAP, World Economic Forum[/box] Plastic pollution is a global problem, threatening both…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Fredric Bauer, Lund University and Tobias Dan Nielsen, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute[/box] Visiting a modern…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Bryony A. Caswell, University of Hull; Cath Waller, University of Hull, and Clare E. Collins, University…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Zara Ingilizian Head of Shaping the Future of Consumption; Member of the Executive Committee, World…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Felix Richter, Dec 10, 2020[/box] Break Free From Plastic, a non-profit organization fighting plastic pollution, published the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Henrik Österblom, Stockholm University[/box] In my career as a marine biologist, I’ve been fortunate enough to…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Natalie Marchant Writer, Formative Content[/box] There could be 14.4 million tonnes of microplastics at the bottom…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sibele Cestari, Queen’s University Belfast[/box] The disposal of plastics is a global problem. They are nearly…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Douglas Broom Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Diving organization PADI is using ocean plastic to make face…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Lesley Van Staveren Co-founding director, ReGen Plastics[/box] Plastic is often referred to as a material that…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Deirdre McKay, Keele University[/box] Plastic pollution and the climate crisis are two inseparable parts of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Fernando J. Gómez Head, Chemical and Advanced Materials Industry, World Economic Forum Simonetta Rima Research and…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Halla Hrund Logadottir Co-Founder and Co-Director, Arctic Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School of Government Katie Segal Research…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Sarah Feldman, Sep 13, 2019[/box] Today, the most ambitious law to ban single-use plastics could pass…
Plastic packaging is a subject of scrutiny these days and there has been a series of discussions on its viability…
The fish-shaped dustbins have been laid at Karachi’s Sea View recently to ensure that the beachgoers do not litter the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ian Lambert, Edinburgh Napier University[/box] Beachcombing has long been a part of life for island communities.…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Anna Pujol-Mazzini Journalist at Thomson Reuters Foundation This article was originally published by Reuters[/box] Tired of…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content This article is part of the Annual Meeting of the New…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””] Alex McGoran, Royal Holloway[/box] Ever since the issue was highlighted in shows like “Blue Planet…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Alvin Orbaek White, Swansea University[/box] The big problem with plastics is that though they last for…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ephrat Livni Writer, Quartz[/box] As of June 1, travelers to Tanzania will have to pack very…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Apr 15, 2019[/box] A team of researchers in the United States and Australia led by…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Katharina Buchholz, Mar 11, 2019[/box] Plastic bans are a contentious issue. Most often, discussions about the use…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Sean Fleming Senior Writer, Formative Content[/box] Low rates of plastic recycling capture the essence of the…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Ellen MacArthur Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation[/box] The problem with plastic starts long before it reaches our…
The plastics industry is one of the frontrunners in the business sectors of Pakistan, clocking a growth rate in excesses…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]by Niall McCarthy, Mar 16, 2018[/box] The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said that it is…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]This article is published in collaboration with The Conversation Qamar Schuyler Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Paul Polman Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Ellen MacArthur Founder, Ellen MacArthur Foundation[/box] In just half a…
[box type=”info” align=”” class=”” width=””]Christine Cole, Nottingham Trent University[/box] [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that…