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... oceans, rivers and landscape. The U.N. Environment Assembly voted unanimously Wednesday at its meeting in Kenya's capital Nairobi for a resolution "to end plastic pollution." It sets the stage for international negotiations designed to produce a treaty by 2024. "Today we wrote history. Plastic pollution has grown into ...
... ways to reduce single use plastic. The first, by Peru and Rwanda, calls for a full spectrum approach to plastic pollution, covering raw materials extraction, plastic production, as well as plastic use and disposal. It urges creation of "an international legally binding agreement ... to prevent and reduce plastic pollution in ...
The equivalent of one dump truck of plastic enters the ocean every minute, according to a study published by the World Economic Forum in 2016. On Earth Day, the Earth Day Network is asking people to reduce their consumption of plastic in order to stop plastic pollution. Jenna Jambeck, associate ...
... This day, they easily found several handfuls of plastic garbage, including round plastic pellets, or nurdles, used in fabrication of plastic objects. They use the plastic they find to create art and jewelry. And despite their free art supplies, they are disturbed by how much plastic comes from the sea ...
... 3 million tons of plastic was thrown out, almost half of it plastic packaging. Less than one-tenth of that was recycled. Most of the plastic ended up in landfills, where it will take hundreds of years to decompose.An estimated 29,000 tons ended up as plastic pollution, littering ...
... 80 percent of all marine debris found from surface waters to deep-sea sediments, the department said. Many marine species ingest or are entangled by plastic debris, causing severe injuries or death, and plastic pollution threatens food safety and quality, human health, coastal tourism and contributes to climate change, the ...
... levels, and officials warned the flooding could be the worst in more than 60 years. The United Nations will begin drafting a global treaty on plastic pollution. A total of 175 nations agreed unanimously today to come up with a proposed document by 2024. It is meant to be legally ...
GENEVA (AP) — An intergovernmental conference has taken early steps toward drawing up an agreement to curb plastic pollution and marine litter around the world, which can choke off sea life, harm food safety and coastal tourism, and contribute to climate change. A draft resolution presented by Peru and Rwanda, and ...
... example he notably opposed US intervention in Central America. Jackson Browne (singing): There are lives in the balance There are people under fire Tom Casciato: He’s also a longtime advocate for clean oceans and against plastic pollution. The new album’s title song asks that we consider our seas.
Plastic pollution is a global threat on our lands and seas. Since World War II, we have created over 9 billion cubic tons of it, yet its recycling remains extremely limited. As part of our "Breakthroughs" series, Miles O'Brien looks at new ideas and innovations, such as chemical recycling ...
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