Some eight million metric tons of plastic waste makes its way into the world’s oceans each year, and the amount of the debris is likely to increase greatly over the next decade unless nations take strong measures to dispose of their trash responsibly, new research suggests
Two Missouri legislators have joined the conversation by proposing contrasting bills that reflect a tug-of-war between environmental protection and consumer choice
On January 20th, on an overwhelming 6-1 vote, the city council of Huntington Beach, California–which is officially known as “Surf City, USA“–directed the city staff to begin the process of repealing a policy that bans the use of plastic grocery bags, and requires grocery stores to charge a ten-cent fee on paper bags.
An estimated millions of tons of plastic debris float in the world’s oceans, creating urban islands of waste reminiscent of landfills. However, in a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, samples were collected at 141 ocean sites, and a new estimate was obtained: 7,000 to 35,000 tons. Although this is a smaller -and by association [&hellip
Los Angeles' January bag ban now extends to more than 7,000 small grocers, markets, convenience stores, and drugstores. Read more to see how the elimination of plastic bags will positively affect our planet.
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