Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

In the form of bottles, tires, packaging and piping, millions of tons of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world's waterways, often ending up in the oceans. And their amount could almost ...

With emissions spiralling and health impacts mounting, the time for half-measures is over, say experts; India must confront the scale of its plastic pollution Despite ongoing efforts to curb ...

This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024 ...

In recent months, she has written about “forever chemicals” on American farmlands and the uproar surrounding plastic packaging at Costco. In a phone conversation from her home in Manhattan ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

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A new PET (polyethylene terephthalate) processing facility, which can accommodate more plastic waste and is the first-of-its-kind technology for Africa, will come on stream in 2025. This was announced ...

Plastic dreams and paper houses The same old, same refrain (la, da, la, da-da-da-da) Your moth keeps moving, lips keep talking But I don't hear a thing (I don't hear a thing) Just: La-da-da-da, da-da, ...

A terrestrial orchid to 30cm tall with basal rosettes of oval dark-green leaves to 10cm long, 2-6 per plant. Single, nodding flowers in spring, up to 3.5cm tall, are green with a brown lip and appear ...