Tag: plastic pollution
Plastics Health Crisis Looms: Lancet Warns of Double Damage by 2040
Plastic permeates modern life, but a landmark Lancet Planetary Health study forecasts their health toll doubling by 2040 under business-as-usual, erasing 83...
Ocean Plastics Could Linger for Over a Century, New Study Warns
Plastic pollution has often been described as one of humanity’s most persistent environmental threats — and now, scientists have a clearer sense...
Plastic Pollution costs $1.5 Trillion in Health Annually
Plastic pollution is a “grave, growing, and under-recognised danger” to human health, costing the world at least $1.5 trillion each year. That’s...
Planet in Plastic: Global Call to Beat Pollution Before It’s Too...
The world produces 400 million tonnes of plastic each year, according to the United Nations, with half used only once. Despite rising...
Global Negotiations on Plastic Pollution Reach Key Milestone in Busan
Delegates from over 170 nations have wrapped up the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) in Busan, South Korea, with...
Uncollected Rubbish Fuels Two-Thirds of Global Plastic Pollution
Nearly two-thirds of the planet’s plastic pollution comes from uncollected waste with about 1.2 billion people, or 15% of the global population,...
