Posts Tagged ‘plastic’

Plastic bags four times better for environment than “green” paper bag alternatives, study finds

(NaturalNews) If environmentalists were truly concerned about saving the planet from carbon dioxide (CO2) and other “greenhouse gases,” they would immediately… Source

From The Recycling Bin To The Landfill: The Major Flaw In Plastic Recycling

Authored by Cara Michelle Miller via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), People may be putting plastic into recycling bins, but most of it generally ends up in landfills or incinerated. (Avigator Fortuner/Shutterstock) Yet the demand for more plastic production continues—at a growing cost to human and environmental health—because of the belief that recycling offsets the […]

After admitting FAILURE of 2014 plastic bag ban, California legislators now want to ban all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026

(NaturalNews) California legislators recently introduced a bill that seeks to ban the use of all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026.While… Source

Another Scientific Study Shows How Plastic in Food is Causing Infertility, YET Nothing Ever Changes

By the time you open a container of yogurt, the food has taken a long journey to reach your spoon. You may have some idea of that journey: From cow to processing to packaging to store shelves. But at each step, there is a chance for a little something extra to sneak in, a stowaway […]

New study finds detectable plastic fragments in bottled water that invade human cells

A new study explored the world of nanoplastics and their presence in bottled drinking water. Source

Millions Of Plastic Pellets Wash Up On Spanish Beaches

Authorities declared an environmental emergency after a shipping container fell off a transport vessel. Source

Study links tiny pieces of plastic in the environment to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Study links tiny pieces of plastic in the environment to Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases It is no secret that the plastics in our environment are making us ill, but recent research demonstrates the power of a specific type of plastic to destroy our brains and cause diseases such as Parkinson’s and Lewy body dementia. The […]

Are You Swallowing 5 Grams of Plastic Weekly by Doing This?

From mercola.com Story at-a-glance The world now produces 299 million tons of plastics a year, most of which ends up in oceans People, on average, are consuming the equivalent weight of one credit card a week from water, seafood and other sources contaminated with plastic Both tap and bottled water contain microplastics and bottled water […]

Scientists Discover Common Plastic Additive Causes ADHD and Autism

The number of people being diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has risen sharply in recent decades, and research continues to delve into the factors involved in these conditions. A new study now reveals there’s a difference in how children with autism or ADHD clear the common plastic additive […]

How to identify plastic rice

How to identify plastic rice: Tips to check quality of rice amidst rumours of fake Chinese rice entering India There are reports of the fake Chinese rice being sold at grocery stores in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and is adding to the worries of the consumer’s health. The quality of food products seems to be compromised […]

LAX bans sale of single-use plastic water bottles

This is the first step in making its airports zero waste by 2045 following the Sustainability Action Plan passed by Los Angeles World Airports in 2021. Source

The impact of plastic on human health

This article was produced by Earth | Food | Life, a project of the Independent Media Institute, and originally published by Truthout. Robin Scher is a contributor to the Observatory and freelance writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Follow him on Twitter: @RobScherHimself. In 2019, the European Commission’s Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging […]

Plastic is everywhere now, including your brain

Plastic is everywhere now, including your brain  Analysis by Dr. Joseph Mercola Fact Checked   CRISPR Gene Editing Can Trigger Tumors, Two Studies Warn   Jackfruit Packs a Walloping Amount of Nutrition Story at-a-glance Discarded plastics make up 18.5% of landfills and 90% of all trash entering the world’s oceans. Estimates suggest that by 2050, […]

Fire “Could Burn For Days” At Richmond Plastic Waste Plant – This Could Be Worse Than Ohio #Dioxins

Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/13/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth […]

Which Countries Pollute The Most Ocean Plastic Waste?

  The Philippines—an archipelago of over 7,000 islands, with a 36,289 kilometer coastline and 4,820 plastic emitting rivers—is estimated to emit 35% of the ocean’s plastic. In addition to the Philippines, over 75% of the accumulated plastic in the ocean is reported to come from the mismanaged waste in Asian countries including India, Malaysia, China, Indonesia, […]

Single-use plastic production on the rise in 2021 despite environmental impact, new report finds

Image Credit: Plastic Free July Despite a growing awareness of the environmental impact of single-use plastic, production rose to an all-time high in 2021. A new report conducted by Minderoo Foundation, an Australian-based philanthropic organization, found single-use plastic production increased to 139 million metric tons in 2021—up 6 million metric tons from 2019. This new […]

Our planet versus plastic bags—a tale of two cities

Americans discard 100 billion plastic bags annually, the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil. Source

Amazon’s plastic packaging problem is growing, Oceana report finds

The report found that Amazon produced 709 million pounds of plastic packaging waste in 2021, up 18 percent from the 599 million pounds Oceana estimated it produced in 2020. Source

England to ban more single-use plastic items

The UK government is set to ban additional single-use plastic items like plates and cutlery in England, after banning straws, stirrers and cotton swabs there in 2020. Source

Elite Fly 400 Private Jets to COP27, Sponsored by Largest Plastic Polluter in World, To Lecture YOU About Climate

You must get killer jabbed! You must mask up! You must vote! You must live in a cracker box and ride a bicycle! You must NEVER think for yourself! Getting killer jabbed DOES decrease your “Carbon footprint”. When you are dead, ya ain’t breathing or eating or farting. Be a good sheep and kill yourself […]

Scientists Turn Plastic Into Diamonds

Scientists Turn Plastic Into Diamonds In Breakthrough The production of nanodiamonds from PET plastic paves the way toward a new form of recycling, and even has implications for exoplanets that rain diamonds. MF by Miriam FauziaSeptember 2, 2022, 1:09pm [*]ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs.See More → More […]

Scientists Turn Plastic Into Diamonds In Breakthrough

Image: Anton Petrus via Getty Images ABSTRACT breaks down mind-bending scientific research, future tech, new discoveries, and major breakthroughs. More than a billion miles away from Earth, on the ice giants of Neptune and Uranus, diamonds are forever. This isn’t cosmic poetry, but a reasonable scientific conclusion: We know that under extreme pressures and high temperatures […]

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries Environment02 September 2022By Carly Cassella Section of the Garbage Patch in 2019. (Fedde Poppenk) Our oceans are swirling concoctions of waste that scientists have for years reported is fed by an influx of pollution from both the land and the sea.But working […]

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries Environment02 September 2022By Carly Cassella Section of the Garbage Patch in 2019. (Fedde Poppenk) Our oceans are swirling concoctions of waste that scientists have for years reported is fed by an influx of pollution from both the land and the sea.But working […]

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries

Much of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch’s Plastic Comes From These 5 Countries Environment02 September 2022By Carly Cassella Section of the Garbage Patch in 2019. (Fedde Poppenk) Our oceans are swirling concoctions of waste that scientists have for years reported is fed by an influx of pollution from both the land and the sea.But working […]

Russian Military Is Bombing Ukraine With Grenades in Plastic Cups

A video posted in a pro-Russian Telegram channel shows Russian soldiers dropping a grenade in a plastic cup from a drone. It’s a cheap and, sometimes, effective improvised explosive device that puts a little delay on a grenade before it hits the ground. It’s also a bizarre scene from the frontlines of a war fought […]

As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production In The US

The flares started last December, an event Errol Summerlin, a former legal-aid lawyer, and his neighbors had been bracing for since 2017. After the flames, nipping at the night sky like lashes from a heavenly monster, came the odor, a gnarled concoction of steamed laundry and burned tires. Thus did the Saudi royal family mark […]

Coors becomes largest US beer brand to replace plastic rings with sustainable alternative

Plastic ring will no longer be around six-packs of Coors Light. Parent company, Molson Coors announced the beer will instead come in a recyclable, sustainable cardboard alternative starting later this year. It is now the largest U.S. beer brand to make such a change. “We’re chill about a lot of things, but single-use plastic isn’t […]

Amazon plastic waste increased 29% during pandemic

Online retailer Amazon generated a third more plastic waste in 2020 than from 2019 says a report from the environmental organization, Oceana.  The 599 million pounds of waste from plastic packaging Amazon wasted last year ends up in places like the world’s oceans causing so much harm and destruction to the environment and wildlife.  The […]

Plastic And Salt Threat Soil, Food Security, Health And Environment, Says FAO

© FAO/Cristina Aldehuela The quantity of plastic used in agriculture, food industries, livestock, etc. industries the world over is millions of tones each year. Asia is the largest user of plastic in these industries. Plastic pollution is a threat to food security. Excess salt in soil also puts food security at risk. Recent reports from […]

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