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- Plastic Pollution Growing at Troubling Rate With Significant . . .
A major new report published today by The Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners, “Breaking the Plastic Wave 2025: An Assessment of the Global System and Strategies for Transformative Change,” finds that the scale and impact of plastic pollution is far worse than previously thought, with far-reaching consequences for the environment and human health and well-being
- Plastic Pollution Will More than Double by 2040, Yielding a . . .
An estimated 280 million metric tons of plastic waste will enter the air, water, soil, and human bodies every year by 2040, data shows
- The World’s Plastic Problem Is Only Getting Worse - Bloomberg
Plastic pollution is already bad, and it’s only slated to get worse A lot worse A new analysis of the rising tide of plastic is the subject of today’s newsletter Plus, a widely-referenced
- Is cutting back on plastic really worth all the effort . . .
For the average person, trying to avoid plastics can feel overwhelming—and maybe pointless Our writer asked two experts how they navigate our plastic-filled world
- We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution
Plastic pollution can be cut by 83% by 2040 and almost eliminated from one of its leading causes: packaging
- Plastic pollution could more than double by 2040, report finds
Failure to address a worldwide plastic pollution crisis could trigger a surge in greenhouse gas emissions and human health problems tied to the industry, according to a new report
- Scientists Develop New Plastics That Break Down Safely . . .
Scientists have identified a way to control how and when synthetic polymers break apart The discovery suggests that everyday materials could one day be designed to vanish, or transform, right on schedule Credit: Stock Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down
- How extreme weather is making plastic pollution more mobile . . .
The connection between plastic and climate change usually focuses on how plastic is partly to blame for the crisis: more than 98% of it is made using fossil fuels, and climate pollution is
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