SL Chamber and TriLakes 350 push back information meeting on plastic reduction law Business owners can face up to $500 in fines after March 1 if they’re still offering single-use plastic bags. The village Chamber…
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THE BEST WAY TO FIGHT PLASTIC POLLUTION? BAN SINGLE-USE PLASTICS.
From coast to coast, Americans are bagging plastic Even though plastic is filling whales’ stomachs, turtles’ nostrils and waterways across the United States, we are churning out more of it and recycling less of it…
Plastic Bags Help the Environment
Banning them provides no benefit other than to let activists lord their preferences over others. Why do politicians want to take away our plastic bags and straws? This moral panic is intensifying even as evidence…
More Plastic Is On the Way: What It Means for Climate Change
With the recent fracking boom causing low gas prices, fossil fuel companies are seeking other ways to bolster their profits — by making more plastic. Just as the world is starting to address its enormous plastic pollution…
9 ways to reduce your plastic use
Simple ways to cut down the amount of plastic we all use, from bags and bottles to straws and packaging. We’ve all seen the headlines about the huge environmental problems caused by single-use plastics. Governments…
The solution to the plastic waste crisis? It isn’t recycling
There’s no way of making current levels of consumption ‘environmentally friendly’ The Lego Disney Frozen II Arendelle Castle Village features a princess, animals, birds and mini dolls. It is made of 521 separate bits of plastic,…
The First Step in Managing Plastic Waste Is Measuring It – Here’s How We Did It for One Caribbean Country
Countries around the world throw away millions of tons of plastic trash every year. Finding ways to manage plastic waste is daunting even for wealthy nations, but for smaller and less-developed countries it can be overwhelming. We recently…
Plastic packaging ban ‘could harm environment’
Consumer pressure to end plastic packaging in shops could actually be harming the environment, a report says. Firms are swapping to other packaging materials which are potentially even worse for the environment, the cross-party Parliamentary…
A Surge of New Plastic Is About to Hit the Planet
A world awash in plastic will soon get slammed by more, as major oil companies ramp up their production. As public concern about plastic pollution rises, consumers are reaching for canvas bags, metal straws, and reusable water bottles. But…
World’s Biggest Producer of Plastic to Curtail Its Use
China will curtail its consumption of single-use plastic in an effort to tackle a soaring amount of the discarded material that has quickly become one of the world’s most pressing environmental crises. Non-degradable plastic bags…