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Communal meals to break fast can mean lots of single-use plastics. A switch to environmentally friendly principles is in line with Islamic principles through the ages.
Many marine animals, birds and fish are ingesting plastic. New research identifies the first named health effect from it.
Pam Longobardi collects and documents ocean plastic waste and transforms it into public art and photography. Her work makes statements about consumption, globalism and conservation.
Alternative food containers, such as those made of bioplastics, are being promoted as a way to reduce our exposure to plastic in food. But there is still a lack of knowledge around their impacts.
How to make England’s new ban a success.
Product standards have real power. We could use them to reduce waste at every part of the plastic lifecycle.
Billions of face masks and other personal protective equipment have been used throughout the pandemic. Containing plastic, these items are damaging wildlife and their environments.
UV absorbents and industrial antioxidants are used in many household goods to protect them from UV radiation. They can have an adverse impact on ecosystems.
Making it easier for people to refill containers is key to slowing the tide of packaging waste.
It’s important to look at the whole value chain in the plastics economy, starting with design of products that can be reused and recycled.
The plastic industry uses powerful tactics to convince us it’s not that bad, but in reality many of their green solutions aren’t working.
Placing plastic straws, a life sustaining accessibility tool, under the same restrictions for sale as tobacco products is overly harsh, and detrimental to the dignity and inclusion of disabled people
We need to advance our understanding of the effects of microplastics on aquatic ecosystems, especially on small animals at the base of food webs that might be ingesting more of these particles.
The US Environmental Protection Agency is reexamining the health effects of bisphenol A. A chemist explains why BPA is in plastics and why it’s hard to find a safe replacement.
Due to increasing concerns over the health hazards posed by BPA, the Food and Drug Administration plans to reevaluate the safety of the controversial chemical for use in everyday products.
Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep underground for millions of years, those materials changed in important ways.
Biodegradable plastics have great potential to replace problematic plastics that don’t break down. But we, and the environment, need greater clarity on how to dispose of them.
There is abundant evidence of the involvement of endocrine disruptors in reproductive dysfunction in several species, including humans.
A global treaty on plastic pollution must incentivize a take-make-reuse waste management system and include quantitative targets based on geography-specific emissions.
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmosphere, CSIRO
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Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Professor of Sustainable Development, Keele University
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Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Marine Science, University of Tasmania
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Postdoctoral researcher, Stanford University
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Research Chair, Indigenous Approaches to Environmental Management, Keele University
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Professor of Coastal Oceanography, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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Associate Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
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Professor in Oceanography and Public Engagement, Utrecht University
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Oceanographer, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Global Environmental Politics, University of California, Berkeley
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Research Scientist, Oceans and Atmospheres, CSIRO
