It’s one of the biggest cooking weeks of the year for many families. Chances are there’s a well-used black plastic spatula, spoon or ladle near the stove. Scientists say it belongs in the trash.
Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.” By Hiroko Tabuchi Paid influencers on TikTok. An infomercial ...
23, 2024. (Son Hyung-joo/Yonhap via AP) Inger Andersen, Executive Director of UNEP, right, speaks next to chair of the International Negotiating Committee, Luis Vayas Valdivieso, left, during the ...
On the opening day, the INC approved the use of the Chair’s Non-Paper 3 as the foundation to facilitate negotiations in focused contact groups through the week. “The excessive reliance of humanity on ...
Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...
Now, a study published in Chemosphere, which was led by researchers at Toxic-Free Future and the Amsterdam Institute for Life and Environment at Vrije Universiteit, gives even more reason to ...
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