Plastic

The ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida. The photo was taken, on 23 September 2021

Research discovers new bacteria that attach to deep-sea plastics and run through the ocean

Although the plastic-loving bacteria found in the study here represent a small fraction of the community colonising plastic, they highlight the emerging ecological impacts of plastic pollution in the ...

Hefty Energy Bags and other plastic waste is piled up at Renewlogy Technologies in Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on 18 May 2021

Scientists discover technique to turn plastic waste into CO2 sorbent

The lab has estimated the cost of carbon dioxide capture from a point source like post-combustion flue gas would be USD 21 a tonne

Employees sort plastic waste before the wet recycling process at the Mr Green plastic recycling factory in Nairobi, Kenya on 25 June 2018.

‘Trash has value’: Kenyan inventor turns plastic into bricks

“Plastic still has value,” said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory

In this file photo taken on 8 March 2019, a lab tech handles blood after it passed through a laboratory centrifuge before genetically modifying a patient’s immune cells at a production laboratory unit of the Paoli-Calmettes Institute (IPC) overall cancer care centre in Marseille, France. Photo: AFP

Scientists find microplastics in blood for first time

Scientists have discovered microplastics in human blood for the first time, warning that the ubiquitous particles could also be making their way into organs

A stack of jute straws is seen in a galls jar.

Environment-friendly youth uses jute sticks to fight plastic straws

Fazlur Rahman seeks eco-friendly solutions. He is the president Go Green Bangladesh, an environmental conservation group that was launched in 2018 with the goal to popularise sustainable alternatives ...

Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet’s safe limit: study

Plastic, chemical pollution beyond planet’s safe limit: study

The torrent of man-made chemical and plastic waste worldwide has massively exceeded limits safe for humanity or the planet, and production caps are urgently needed, scientists have concluded for the ...

France bans plastic packaging for fruit and veg

France bans plastic packaging for fruit and veg

A ban on the use of plastic to package a range of fruit and vegetables came into force in France on Saturday, to the dismay of the sector's packaging industry.

Editorial

Willful use of plastic Sustainable step a must to reduce risks

Use of plastic items has gradually increased in Bangladesh due to low-cost and availability. But we are not aware of the fact that the willful use of plastic is harming the environment and ...

Environment, forest and climate change minister Md Shahab Uddin addresses "The July Ministerial" of the COP26 Presidency in London

Govt to implement action plan for sustainable plastic management: Environment minister

The ministry of environment, forest and climate change is going to implement an action plan for sustainable plastic management in phases, reports UNB. The plan has been set as short term (2022-23), ...

This file photo taken on 17 September 2015 shows a Chinese labourer sorting out plastic bottles for recycling in Dong Xiao Kou village, on the outskirt of Beijing.

World can't recycle its way out of plastic crisis: Experts

Recycling will not be able to contain a runaway global plastic waste crisis, experts said on Friday as they called on companies to reduce plastic production and shift more products into reusable and ...

Plastic trash pollutes the beach in Sanur, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

United States is world’s biggest plastic polluter

The United States is by far the biggest contributor to global plastic waste in the world, according to a new report submitted to the federal government Wednesday that called for a national strategy ...

Britain seeks ban of single use plastic plates and cutlery in England

Britain seeks ban of single use plastic plates and cutlery in England

Single-use plastic plates and cutlery and polystyrene cups could all be banned in England as the British government seeks to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste, it said on Saturday.

Only half of around 1,700 tonnes of daily plastic waste recycled

Only half of around 1,700 tonnes of daily plastic waste recycled

Around 1,700 tonnes of plastic waste is produced in the country every day and only half of it is recycled, according to the environment department

Logo of Pran-RFL

Pran-RFL manufacturing products from used plastic

Pran-RFL Group is making hundreds of products, recycling discarded plastic materials

A girl plays with a toy found in a plastic recycling factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 8 July, 2019.

Global plastic pollution may be nearing irreversible tipping point

A study published in the journal Science, stated that plastic pollution is a global threat, and actions to drastically reduce emissions of plastic to the environment are the rational policy response

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