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City to Sea join global coalition against Amazon’s single-use plastic pollution

April 22, 2021

Business, Environment, Government, Ocean, Packaging, Society, Wildlife

In its latest news announcement, City to Sea has confirmed that it has joined 120+ organisations in sending a letter urging Amazon to take concrete steps to reduce its staggering plastic pollution detailed in ...

Sir David Attenborough shows support for new HydroPRS™ Tech That Can Recycle All Plastics

Sarah Bedwell

March 27, 2021

Environment, Next Generation, Tech, Wildlife

https://youtu.be/_pMfwZyNM8A Video courtesy of MURA Technologies A recent video released by MURA Technology regarding its new HydroPRS™ Technology features some big 'environmental' names. The technology w...

Researchers turn to AI-guided robots and chemical recycling to address plastic pollution crisis

Sarah Bedwell

December 3, 2020

Business, Society, Tech

We already know that plastic pollution is among the world’s most pressing environmental issues, threatening drinking water, wildlife, food supplies and more. To address this multifaceted problem, University...

How one Australian city tackles waste

Sarah Bedwell

November 18, 2020

Environment, Wildlife

The City of Kwinana's 'trash traps' are a simple method to stop rubbish from entering mainstream waterways. The City of Kwinana, a suburb of Perth, Australia first installed its trash traps in 2018. Today ...

The End Plastic Waste Innovation Platform Expands To Shanghai, São Paolo, and Johannesburg

Sarah Bedwell

November 18, 2020

Business, Environment, Next Generation, Tech

Over three million dollars in capital invested and deployed into the startups and over 50 commercial pilots in process Global non-profit organisation, Alliance to End Plastic Waste (Alliance), and early-sta...

Coca-Cola transforms ocean plastic into new bottles

Sarah Bedwell

October 8, 2019

Next Generation, Ocean, Packaging, Tech

Coca-Cola has recently announced that it is producing new bottles from ocean plastic thanks to new breakthrough technology. The new technology can transform low-quality plastic into high-quality food-grade pac...

Schoolgirls win! Burger King ditches plastic toys from kids meals

Sarah Bedwell

September 24, 2019

Business, Next Generation, Society

They'll even take your old ones back, recycle them and give you a free meal. Popular fast-food chain Burger King has vowed to remove all plastic toys from its kid's meals following a petition from two schoo...

Fish that eat plastic – these ones we don’t mind!

Sarah Bedwell

May 17, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Society

Going around on social media is the story of 'Goby The Fish' - a plastic eating fish found on the beach in Malpe, India. But, it's not quite what it first appears to be. Goby The Fish is a beach sculptur...

Ecobricks… a use for plastic bottles and clean plastic waste

Sarah Bedwell

May 2, 2019

Environment, Next Generation, Ocean, Packaging

Build walls, design furniture and create decorative artworks with plastic bottles! Across the world, people are designing and building items from Ecobricks. But, what are they, how do you make them and what...

Whale washed ashore in Sardinia with plastic in stomach

Second plastic infused whale washes ashore

Sarah Bedwell

April 5, 2019

Environment, Ocean, Wildlife

A pregnant sperm whale has washed ashore in Sardinia with 22kg of plastic in its stomach, alongside its dead foetus. This is the second incident of its kind. Last month we reported the whale that washed ashore...

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