Stikeez, the latest collection of plastic collectables from Coles, flies in the face of the company’s plan to become Australia’s most sustainable supermarket.
Large plastics break up into tiny particles called microplastics that can persist in the environment for hundreds of years.
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During his week in the United States, the PM tied himself to Trump to a remarkable degree. Though, the Washington days were better than later appearances, which saw Morrison open the China debate.
Morrison declared defiantly Australia was ‘doing our bit’ and ‘we reject any suggestion to the contrary’.
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While a new report from the IPCC highlights the need for urgent climate change action, Morrison used his address to the UN to strongly defend the government’s performance on climate change.
Plastics straws are now hard to find. Are plastic bags next?
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New research shows that chemicals leached from ocean plastic impair the growth and oxygen production of the planet’s most abundant photosynthesiser - endangering marine ecosystems and the climate.
Accumulated plastic debris on Direction Island.
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The entire Cocos (Keeling) Island group is a little more than twice the size of the Melbourne CBD. So it’s hard to envision 414 million debris items washed up there.
As well as polluting our seas, plastics are warming the planet too. Urgent changes are needed to eliminate plastic’s contribution to climate breakdown.
Plastics pile up at Thilafushi, an artificial island created as a landfill, in the Maldives.
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