The officials identified three drivers, including two working on vehicles of the municipality, one peon, and a labourer who were involved in stealing parcels of plastic bags. They replaced the ...

PUTRAJAYA: The use of single-use plastic bags in forest reserves ... is now prohibited as a proactive measure to reduce plastic pollution in the country. Natural Resources and Environmental ...

And the 5 Gyres Institute is kicking off its fourth annual Plastic-Free Parks TrashBlitz project to do just that. The community science initiative's mission is to track pollution trends in the U.S ...

June Wong, Manager (Marine Pollution) at WWF-Hong Kong said, “After several years of implementation, the 50 cent price tag per plastic bag has already been absorbed by the public. Increasing the ...

Polish authorities have launched an attempted murder investigation after a newborn baby was discovered in a plastic bag inside an abandoned property in the Stare Bałuty district of Łódź ...

Negotiators fail to reach agreement on plastic pollution treaty at talks in South Korea More than 100 countries want the treaty to limit production as well as tackle cleanup and recycling ...

July 1 marked the death knell for free plastic bags for shoppers at supermarkets, department stores and major convenience stores in Japan as part of a nationwide effort to reduce the effects of ...

and to urge the brands involved to change their production chains [to reduce plastic pollution]." According to the researcher, reducing plastic consumption is the central pathway to explore in a ...

The ban will come into force just weeks after charging for municipal solid waste bags starts on April 1 ... and launch a publicity campaign. The plastic pollution problem “Besides banning ...

Every wave now battles plastic pollution—and so do the creatures ... and the haunting journey of everyday trash—from grocery bag to gut of a sea turtle. But don’t worry—it’s not all ...