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In total, the report reviewed 225 companies and their progress toward plastic-related goals, with about half of companies receiving an “F” score. Source
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Only 22 companies out of 147 are on track to meet their plastic waste reduction targets, report finds
June 14th, 2024 
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No Comments »Plastic industry braces for ‘astronomical’ PFAS lawsuits
June 1st, 2024 Awake Goy As the dangers of PFAS become more widely known, plastic manufacturers face a surge in lawsuits that could rival the asbestos litigation of the past. Source
Plastic bags four times better for environment than “green” paper bag alternatives, study finds
April 18th, 2024 Awake Goy (NaturalNews) If environmentalists were truly concerned about saving the planet from carbon dioxide (CO2) and other “greenhouse gases,” they would immediately… Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: alternatives, better, Environment, green, paper, plastic, Times No Comments »From The Recycling Bin To The Landfill: The Major Flaw In Plastic Recycling
April 4th, 2024 Awake Goy 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
February 19th, 2024 Awake Goy (NaturalNews) California legislators recently introduced a bill that seeks to ban the use of all kinds of plastic shopping bags by 2026.While… Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: admitting, after, california, failure, kinds, legislators, plastic No Comments »Another Scientific Study Shows How Plastic in Food is Causing Infertility, YET Nothing Ever Changes
January 11th, 2024 Awake Goy 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 […]
Posted in Health Tags: another, causing, infertility, plastic, scientific, shows, study No Comments »New study finds detectable plastic fragments in bottled water that invade human cells
January 11th, 2024 Awake Goy 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
January 10th, 2024 Awake Goy 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
December 13th, 2023 Awake Goy 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 […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: alzheimer, Environment, links, parkinson, pieces, plastic, study No Comments »Are You Swallowing 5 Grams of Plastic Weekly by Doing This?
November 18th, 2023 Awake Goy 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
October 16th, 2023 Awake Goy 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 […]
Posted in Science Tags: additive, autism, causes, common, discover, plastic, scientists No Comments »How to identify plastic rice
August 1st, 2023 Awake Goy 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
July 21st, 2023 Awake Goy 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
July 13th, 2023 Awake Goy 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
May 12th, 2023 Awake Goy 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
April 14th, 2023 Awake Goy 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?
February 19th, 2023 Awake Goy 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
February 9th, 2023 Awake Goy 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 […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: despite, environmental, impact, plastic, production, report, single No Comments »Our planet versus plastic bags—a tale of two cities
January 21st, 2023 Awake Goy 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
December 22nd, 2022 Awake Goy 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
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