Throwaway society: Rejecting a life consumed by plastic
How much single-use plastic do you think you consume in an average week living in Japan? What if you were to collect all the plastic bottles, shopping bags, food cartons, hand wipe wrappers, straws, cutlery, packaging, packaging-within-packaging and packaging-within-packaging-within-packaging that you accumulate in a week, ...
A wild deer was found dead after swallowing 7 kilograms (15 pounds) of plastic bags and other trash in Thailand, an official said Tuesday, raising the alarm on waste littering the country's waters and forests. The Southeast Asian country is one of the world's largest ...
Why the plastic crisis matters
Humankind must find ways to get by without laying waste to the planet.
Get off the bandwagon of banning plastic bags
When used just once plastic bags can cause problems, but many people repurpose them.
Island paradise to garbage patch: Plastic junk piles up on uninhabited Pacific isle
Floating plastic garbage has swamped a remote Pacific island once regarded as an environmental jewel and scientists say little can be done to save it while a throwaway culture persists. Henderson Island is an uninhabited coral atoll that lies almost exactly halfway between New Zealand ...
A call for healthy, blue oceans in Asia and the Pacific
Without action, the world's oceans will contain nearly 250 million tons of plastic by 2025.
Nine deer in Nara died after swallowing plastic bags, preservation foundation says
Numerous plastic bags were found in the stomachs of more than half of the 14 wild deer that have died in Nara Park in Nara Prefecture since March, prompting the local government to take action to protect them. According to the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation, ...
Asahi and Panasonic develop new beer mug in bid to reduce plastic waste
Asahi Breweries Ltd. said Tuesday it has developed a beer mug made from plant-derived materials jointly with Panasonic Corp. in a bid to reduce waste from plastic mugs. Asahi, a unit of Asahi Group Holdings Ltd., expects the mug to be used at outdoor events. ...
Southeast Asia should want the world's junk
Forcing rich countries to keep and process all of their own recycling isn't the best way to protect the environment.
Fishermen catch plastic in the Mediterranean as part of new Italian initiative
On a moonlit night off Italy's coast, fishermen are hauling in the usual catch: cuttlefish, red mullet and plastic waste. But this time, they won't throw the rubbish back. The trash instead is being collected, analyzed and, where possible, recycled in an initially monthlong experiment ...
At the Group of 20 summit in Osaka, later this month, Japan aims to forge an agreement on the reduction of plastic waste inflow to the ocean to zero by 2050.
