Plastic Pollution

Biotech startup FabricNano is tackling the plastic problem with funding from Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Harry Potter star Emma Watson.
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Unilever will expand its refill and reuse program across the UK in an effort to reduce plastic waste inherent in the consumer goods industry.
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Takeaway food packaging is dominating most of the ocean plastic waste, say researchers from the University of Cádiz.
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The European Union guidelines on the single-use plastic ban have now come into force. Here's what you need to know about the new rules.
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A senior lobbyist at ExxonMobil has been filmed by undercover reporters talking about its secret campaign against laws on forever chemicals.
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Millions of unsold or returned inventory at an Amazon warehouse are thrown into massive "destroy" bins, a new undercover investigation finds.
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More than 80% of consumers want plastic warning labels to be added to clothing and accessories, a new U.K. poll has revealed.
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The new My Impact app launched by Hong Kong charity EcoDrive helps you keep track of your single-use plastic reduction efforts.
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Lego which makes most of its bricks from a plastic called ABS, has unveiled a prototype using PET plastic from recycled bottles.
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For the first time, 100+ businesses in the packaging value chain, along with more than 50 other organizations have come together to publicly recognize that Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is significantly important. Without that,…
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Leading household brands including Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo, and Unilever, are top offenders when it comes to the plastic pollution crisis, a report finds.
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Unilever embraces sustainability with the launch of a CO2 recycling laundry capsule and recyclable toothpaste tubes for its oral care brands.
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Xampla, the University of Cambridge spin-off startup, will soon introduce compostable plastic-free sachets and capsules made using a new “vegan spider silk” material. The new polymer material, which is plant-based, scalable and…
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After years of campaigning and awareness-raising from anti-plastic activists, a global treaty to regulate plastic pollution and waste management could finally be on the cards. Amid the current G7 talks in Cornwall, major packaging…
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Environmental organization Earth Island Institute has filed a lawsuit against beverage giant Coca-Cola for falsely advertising that it is sustainable and environmental-friendly despite it being the largest plastic polluter in the world. …
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A new 56-metre-long Manta sailboat will help fight the ocean plastic pollution crisis with its first-of-its-kind collection and processing capacities. Presented by the environmental nonprofit the SeaCleaners and French adventurer Yvan…
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Hong Kong-based environmental nonprofit EcoDrive unveiled the Enough Plastic Campaign 2021 on May 30, which is also No Single-Use Plastic Awareness Day, in an effort to raise awareness and educate the public on why and how they can…
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Due to a nitric acid leak in a cargo ship and the subsequent failure to deal with it, vast stretches of Sri Lanka’s western beaches are currently submerged in millions of plastic pellets and debris with several of the country's Navy…
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At Amazon's annual general meeting last week, 35% of the company's shareholders showed their support for a proposal aiming to take action against the company's rampant use of plastic packaging and called on the world’s…
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By: Aaron Kent Aaron Kent is the founder of Please Drink Sustainably, a Hong Kong-based company providing reusable custom branded cups to businesses switching away from disposables. Hong Kong’s government has recently completed…
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Just twenty companies are behind over half of all single-use plastics that end up as waste in the environment and oceans, a new report has revealed. Made almost exclusively from fossil fuels, drink brands are often blamed for the deluge of…
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