Talks on how to address plastic pollution crisis on now in South Korea
Negotiators gathered in Busan, South Korea, on Monday in a final push to create a treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution.
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Is there microplastic in your coffee? This device can tell you
When UBC food safety researcher Tianxi Yang became a mother, she wondered how much microplastic her son would ingest when drinking milk out of widely available plastic containers.
First test production of plastic is a milestone for Heartland Petrochemical Complex
The $4.3−billion Heartland Petrochemical Complex, which has been under construction northeast of Edmonton since 2018, has produced its first plastic pellets.
Nurdles: The tiny toxic plastic waste choking our oceans
Billions of these tiny plastic pellets are floating in the ocean, causing as much damage as oil spills, yet they are still not classified as hazardous.
Did you know baby poo is loaded with microplastics?
An alarming new study finds that infant feces contain 10 times more polyethylene terephthalate (polyester) than an adult’s.
The good, the bad and the downright ugly of COVID PPE
What the average person rarely thinks about is the massive impact PPE is having on the already vast waste stream of plastic, particularly in industrialized societies, writes columnist Warren Bell.
