Over 700million pounds of Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging is dumped into environment each year - where chemicals infest livestock, human organs and even clouds
1 year ago

Over 700million pounds of Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging is dumped into environment each year - where chemicals infest livestock, human organs and even clouds

Daily Mail  

It's the environmental disaster hiding in plain sight - a new report finds that Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging generates 709 million pounds of waste each year. Adding insult to injury, the new report found Amazon's so-called 'recyclable' plastic requires customers to drive their waste packaging to special 'store drop-off locations where plastic film is accepted.' The new report, from US Public Interest Research Group, found that much of Amazon's so-called 'recyclable' plastic requires customers to drive their waste packaging to special 'store drop-off locations where plastic film is accepted' Their report found that Amazon's 'recyclable' plastic packaging generates 709 million pounds of waste each year as of 2021 — tonnage equivalent in weight to 3,000 adult Blue Whales 'We conducted an investigation into the effectiveness of the store drop-off system used by Amazon for recycling their plastic film packaging,' Jenn Engstrom, an author of the new report and director of California branch of the US Public Interest Research Group, explained. ' The wide variety of unrecyclable plastics - including Amazon's above - are labelled with tiny, numbered 'recycling' logos that have made it harder for state and local programs to recycle actual recyclable plastics - which are labelled with the numbers '1' and '2' With an estimated annual revenue last year of over $574 billion, Amazon is a major contributor to the global problem of waste plastic, but as PIRG and the nonprofit ocean conservation organization Oceana point out, it's only one ecommerce shipper among many.

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This ship sails around the world fighting plastic pollution. We take a look inside
1 week ago

This ship sails around the world fighting plastic pollution. We take a look inside

The Hindu  

Chennai’s skies and waters are in a never-ending tussle on who wears the colour blue best. Grandly christened the Plastic Odyssey, this 40-metre long “floating laboratory” is a three-and-half year expedition that set sail from Marseilles, in the South of France, on October 1, 2022, and has since been collecting low-cost, sustainable plastic waste solutions from around the world. Simon …

Warning issued to UK shoppers buying washing-up liquid
2 months, 1 week ago

Warning issued to UK shoppers buying washing-up liquid

The Independent  

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Warning issued to UK shoppers buying washing-up liquid
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Warning issued to UK shoppers buying washing-up liquid

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Coca-Cola is dramatically scaling back its plastic promises
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Coca-Cola is dramatically scaling back its plastic promises

CNN  

New York CNN — Coca-Cola is scaling back its packaging sustainability goals, igniting outrage from environmental activists. The beverage company, which has long been criticized for being one of the world’s top producer of plastic pollutants, changed its “voluntary environmental goals” this week. “These challenges are complex and require us to drive more effective and efficient resource allocation and work …

What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea
3 months, 3 weeks ago

What to know about the plastic pollution crisis as treaty talks conclude in South Korea

Associated Press  

BUSAN, South Korea — The world’s nations will wrap up negotiating a treaty this weekend to address the global plastic pollution crisis. Their meeting concludes Sunday or early Monday in Busan, South Korea, where many environmental organizations have also flocked to push for a treaty to address the volume of production and toxic chemicals used in plastic products. Greenpeace said …

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

Associated Press  

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People store various waste materials in plastic sacks for sorting out in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy Netflix documentary highlights important issue
4 months ago

Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy Netflix documentary highlights important issue

Daily Mail  

A CGI image of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge buried in mountains of rubbish has hammered home the sheer scale of electronic waste we throw away each year. The documentary showed an AI-generated image of the world's e-waste dumped on Sydney Recycling facilities in India have been found to release mercury, zinc and lead into local water and …

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis: 220 MILLION tonnes of waste are set to be generated this year - the equivalent of 650 Empire State Buildings
6 months, 2 weeks ago

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis: 220 MILLION tonnes of waste are set to be generated this year - the equivalent of 650 Empire State Buildings

Daily Mail  

The shocking extent of Earth's plastic crisis has been laid bare in a new report. Experts have warned that the world is on track to generate a whopping 220 million tonnes of plastic waste this year The report comes as the world reaches Plastic Overshoot Day - the day humanity's plastic waste surpasses our capability to handle it This year …

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South
6 months, 2 weeks ago

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The world creates 57 million …

Biden EPA rejects plastics industry’s fuzzy math that misleads customers about recycled content
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden EPA rejects plastics industry’s fuzzy math that misleads customers about recycled content

Salon  

Series: Selling a Mirage: The Deception Behind Plastic Recycling More in this series The Environmental Protection Agency has taken the first ever federal action against a system that misleads consumers about the recycled content in plastic products. A ProPublica investigation in June showed how the plastics industry uses a controversial accounting method called mass balance to advertise plastic products as …

Why reusable plastics can’t fix the climate crisis
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Why reusable plastics can’t fix the climate crisis

The Independent  

If you’re anything like me, you probably have very good intentions when it comes to packaging. While the EMF estimates that over a thousand uses, reusable bottles will result in 69 per cent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than a thousand single-use plastic bottles, that is less impactful than swapping out single-use plastic for single-use cartons. A 2020 study found that …

When is “recyclable” not really recyclable? When the plastics industry gets to define the word
7 months, 1 week ago

When is “recyclable” not really recyclable? When the plastics industry gets to define the word

Salon  

Series: Selling a Mirage: The Deception Behind Plastic Recycling The world is drowning in plastic. The current Green Guides allow companies to make blanket “recyclable” claims if 60% of consumers or communities have access to recycling facilities that will take the product. “Recent case law confirms that the term ‘recyclable’ means ‘capable of being recycled,’ and that it is an …

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony
7 months, 3 weeks ago

The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony

Wired  

A plastic bag might be the most overengineered object in history. Some years back, I stopped by a French deli to buy some big chunks of cheese and carried them home in a plastic bag. There’s plastic in grocery bags, obviously, but also in yoga pants and car tires and building materials and toys and medical products. A significant chunk …

An ocean of plastics
8 months, 1 week ago

An ocean of plastics

The Hindu  

There is a real-felt need to go beyond mere tokenism of staging earth-hours now and then to stoke dormant concerns on the world’s increasingly fragile ecology. Increased infusion of plastics, much of it non-biodegradable and unrecycled, in IT and other industrial sectors and in day-to-day life poses another existential threat. These incidents portend the looming unmanaged plastic and e-waste threat, …

Companies like Nestle and Unilever modify plastic recycling goals due to implementation difficulties: Report
8 months, 1 week ago

Companies like Nestle and Unilever modify plastic recycling goals due to implementation difficulties: Report

Hindustan Times  

Nestle S.A. changed the wording of its plastic packaging goals in 2022, changing it to “designed for” recycling when earlier, it used to be “recyclable” or reusable packaging, Bloomberg reported. Plastic waste often ends up in water bodies, causing massive harm to animal and human health. The legal difference between these amount to about 280,000 metric tons of additional non-recyclable …

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life

NPR  

Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained plastics in modern life toggle caption Jacquelyn Martin/AP Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. “But there’s a growing agreement,” she said, that a lot of single-use plastic “can probably go.” toggle caption Matt Cardy/Getty Images/Getty Images Europe The plastics industry …

Why your small goods come in gigantic boxes
11 months, 1 week ago

Why your small goods come in gigantic boxes

BBC  

Why your small goods come in gigantic boxes Getty Images Even the tiniest purchases often end up in massive packaging. This is called "packaging psychology", says Rycroft, and some companies use it to their advantage – or at least don't go out of their way to ensure boxes are right sized for their contents. When those large boxes show up, …

E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn’t keeping pace, UN says
1 year ago

E-waste from trashed electric devices is piling up and recycling isn’t keeping pace, UN says

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — U.N. agencies have warned that waste from electronics is piling up worldwide while recycling rates remain low and are likely to fall even further. In a report released Wednesday, the U.N.’s International Telecommunications Union and research arm UNITAR said some 62 million tons of “e-waste” was generated in 2022, enough to fill tractor-trailers that could be lined …

The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point
1 year ago

The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

Wired  

The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. If you can’t repair it and have to discard it, the device will become e-waste, joining an alarmingly large mountain of defunct TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, cameras, routers, electric toothbrushes, headphones. A new UN report finds that in 2022, humanity churned out 137 billion pounds …

Amazon claims its packages are recyclable. Much of the plastic ends up in landfills
1 year ago

Amazon claims its packages are recyclable. Much of the plastic ends up in landfills

LA Times  

Although the plastic packaging delivered by Amazon is stamped with recycling arrows, a new report suggests that only a fraction of it actually gets recycled. Although the paper and cardboard items Amazon uses for packaging can be placed in curbside bins and generally get recycled, plastic packaging must be brought to drop-off locations, such as those at Safeway or Target …

Plastic packaging from UK supermarket found dumped in vulnerable Myanmar communities
1 year, 5 months ago

Plastic packaging from UK supermarket found dumped in vulnerable Myanmar communities

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Lidl’s plastic waste was found in a sea of foreign trash in Shwe Pyi Thar township that also included …

Food waste costs Australian households up to $3,000 a year
1 year, 8 months ago

Food waste costs Australian households up to $3,000 a year

ABC  

As a nation, Australians are throwing too much food in the bin. Key points: The equivalent of one in five shopping bags of food purchased in Australia goes to waste Throwing out one burger wastes the equivalent amount of water as running a shower for 90 minutes RMIT-led research has found unsuitable packaging sizes, poor buying habits, date label confusion, …

The Planet Earth in a Plastic Soup
1 year, 9 months ago

The Planet Earth in a Plastic Soup

Hindustan Times  

The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry to honour the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel award in Chemistry to Marie Curie and also to commemorate the contributions of chemical sciences in the progress of human civilization. Unsurprisingly, the United Nations has declared ‘#Beat Plastic Pollution’ as the central theme of this year’s World Environment Day — …

Recycled Plastic More Toxic Than Original Parts Can Lead To Microplastic Pollution Not A Solution To Pollution Greenpeace Warns: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

Recycled Plastic More Toxic Than Original Parts Can Lead To Microplastic Pollution Not A Solution To Pollution Greenpeace Warns: Report

ABP News  

Amsterdam-based independent global campaigning network Greenpeace has warned that recycled plastic is more toxic than the original components, contributes significantly to microplastic pollution, and is not a solution to environmental pollution. Recycling increases plastic toxicity Quoting Graham Forbes, the leader of Greenpeace USA's global plastics campaign, the Guardian report said the plastics industry, including fossil fuel, petrochemical and consumer goods …

The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status
1 year, 10 months ago

The Plastic Crisis Finally Gets Emergency Status

Wired  

Humanity’s relationship with plastic isn’t just broken—it’s absurd. But today the United Nations Environment Programme is dropping an urgent report on the extraordinary environmental and human costs of plastic pollution, along with a road map for the world to take action. With several strategies working in concert—like production cuts and more reuse of plastic products—the report finds that humanity might …

The $500 billion beauty industry’s ‘green’ ambitions are a patchwork at best. And they’re falling short
1 year, 11 months ago

The $500 billion beauty industry’s ‘green’ ambitions are a patchwork at best. And they’re falling short

CNN  

CNN — The escalating climate crisis is shifting many people’s purchasing patterns and this extends to the $500 billion dollar global beauty industry which is grappling with a range of sustainability challenges across product manufacturing, packaging and disposal. This shift in consumer preferences has propelled many beauty brands to set environmental goals: to move away from single-use and virgin plastics, …

Explained | What is Biotransformation tech
2 years ago

Explained | What is Biotransformation tech

The Hindu  

E-commerce giant Amazon generated an estimated 321 million kilograms of plastic from packaging waste in 2021 alone. It claims the technology would digest the plastic packaging waste naturally with the help of microbes and biodegrade the waste without leaving behind any microplastics. India’s Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, last year in New Delhi said, the country is generating 3.5 billion kgs …

New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050
2 years ago

New plastic waste guide aims for 100% circular packaging by 2050

NL Times  

The Waste Fund Packaging foundation presented a new Plastic Guide that aims to help municipalities, importers, producers, and recyclers work towards a packaging system that is 100% fossil free with 0% damage to people and the environment in 2050. It requires “different thinking and handling of the production and use of plastic packaging.” The Plastic Guide sets goals for a …

Single-use plastic waste rose despite worldwide pledges
2 years, 1 month ago

Single-use plastic waste rose despite worldwide pledges

Live Mint  

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making "little progress" to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed on Monday. But while growth has slowed recently, the production of single-use plastic from "virgin" fossil fuel sources is still nowhere near its peak, and the …

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges
2 years, 1 month ago

Single-use plastic waste rises from 2019-2021 despite pledges

The Hindu  

Polluting single-use plastic production rose by 6 million tonnes per year from 2019 to 2021 despite tougher worldwide regulations, with producers making "little progress" to tackle the problem and boost recycling, new research showed on Monday. But while growth has slowed recently, the production of single-use plastic from "virgin" fossil fuel sources is still nowhere near its peak, and the …

Our Favorite Clothing Made From Recycled Materials
2 years, 2 months ago

Our Favorite Clothing Made From Recycled Materials

Wired  

I love clothes, but the fashion industry is having a crisis all on its own, on top of the trash crisis and general climate crisis we've been dealing with for decades. We can reduce our own plastic usage, especially swapping single-use plastics out for reusable items, but some fashion brands have figured out how to turn some of that trash—mostly …

Amazon’s plastic packaging could circle the planet 800 times. Can it be stopped?
2 years, 3 months ago

Amazon’s plastic packaging could circle the planet 800 times. Can it be stopped?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jeff Bezos says he will give $124bn fortune to charity Oceana, the environmental advocacy group, estimated Amazon’s plastic packaging …

Why Most Plastic Ends Up As Trash In A Landfill : Short Wave : NPR
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Most Plastic Ends Up As Trash In A Landfill : Short Wave : NPR

NPR  

The Myth of Plastic Recycling Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR For many, recycling feels like a tangible way to personally combat climate change and to positively affect the environment. That's partially because of decades of public environmental campaigns, But the reality is that only a small fraction of plastic is ultimately recycled. A recent Greenpeace report …

This Plastic Packaging Alternative Can Compost in a Year
2 years, 4 months ago

This Plastic Packaging Alternative Can Compost in a Year

Wired  

Every year, people in the United Kingdom throw away around 96 billion pieces of plastic packaging—an average household tosses 66 pieces every week. “The plastics crisis can be daunting,” says Insiya Jafferjee, the CEO and cofounder of packaging company Shellworks. Speaking at WIRED Impact in London this November, Jafferjee said that even small, seemingly simple pieces of plastic—such as scoops …

Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040
2 years, 4 months ago

Australian government pledges to recycle all plastics by 2040

ABC  

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says despite the collapse of a major soft plastics recycling scheme, the federal government has set a target to recycle or reuse 100 per cent of plastic waste by 2040 and end plastic pollution. Key points: The nation currently recycles about 16 per cent of plastics The environment minister says Australia is a "large producer of …

Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs
2 years, 4 months ago

Ban all UK plastic waste exports by 2027, say cross-party MPs

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Please try again later {{ /verifyErrors }} A cross-party group …

Can most plastic be recycled? The answer, as per this Greenpeace US report, is…
2 years, 4 months ago

Can most plastic be recycled? The answer, as per this Greenpeace US report, is…

Hindustan Times  

In 2021, about 51 million tonnes of plastic was generated by households in the United States but only 2.4 million of this was recycled, reveals a new report by Greenpeace. From 9.5 per cent in 2014 to 8.7 per cent in 2018 and 5-6 per cent in 2021 - plastic recycling is said to have declined in the country, Greenpeace …

Just 5% Of Plastics Were Recycled In The U.S. Last Year, And Things Are Only Getting Worse
2 years, 5 months ago

Just 5% Of Plastics Were Recycled In The U.S. Last Year, And Things Are Only Getting Worse

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Just 5% of plastic products are recycled in America and many common items just aren’t able to be recycled at all, according to a damning new study released Monday by Greenpeace USA. The government estimated at the time just 9% of all plastics had been recycled that year, with the remaining 91% winding up in landfills.. Shockingly, …

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse
2 years, 5 months ago

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse

NPR  

Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and the problem is getting worse Enlarge this image toggle caption Laura Sullivan/NPR Laura Sullivan/NPR The vast majority of plastic that people use, and in many cases put into blue recycling bins, is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. Greenpeace …

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan
2 years, 7 months ago

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan

BBC  

Quitting single-use plastic in Japan Charly Triballeau / Getty Images Single-use plastics which cannot be recycled are difficult to avoid in Tokyo Japan is one of the world's biggest plastic waste producers, thanks to its love of packaging - but a week of going plastic-free in Tokyo reveals surprising solutions. 63% of plastic waste was processed as "thermal recycling," which …

UK homes binning 100 billion pieces of plastic a year, survey finds
2 years, 8 months ago

UK homes binning 100 billion pieces of plastic a year, survey finds

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy UK households throw away nearly 100 billion pieces of plastic each year, according to a …

Green Revolution 2.0: Starting Today, Bid Adieu to Plastic Straws & Cutlery as India Readies for Cleaner Future
2 years, 8 months ago

Green Revolution 2.0: Starting Today, Bid Adieu to Plastic Straws & Cutlery as India Readies for Cleaner Future

News 18  

It is clogging our cities, killing marine life, turning into an eyesore and getting increasingly cumbersome to get recycled. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2021, prohibit the manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and use of a notified list of single-use plastic items, including straws, plastic cutlery and candy sticks, packaging on sweet boxes, cigarettes packets, invitation cards, polystyrene and expanded …

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste
2 years, 8 months ago

Newsom signs nation’s most sweeping law to phase out single-use plastics and packaging waste

LA Times  

A trash can overflows with plastic waste at a park. The new law, he said, would “grow markets, create incentives for investment, and give tools to other states and countries to help play their part in this fight.” For the past six months, a team of roughly two dozen negotiators — mostly women — hammered out language designed to reduce …

Global plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060: OECD
2 years, 9 months ago

Global plastic waste is projected to triple by 2060: OECD

Al Jazeera  

Even with aggressive action to cut demand, plastic production would almost double in less than 40 years. According to the OECD even with aggressive action to cut demand and improve efficiencies, plastic production would almost double in less than 40 years. “Plastic pollution is one of the great environmental challenges of the 21st century, causing wide-ranging damage to ecosystems and …

Big Plastic Count: UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste begins
2 years, 10 months ago

Big Plastic Count: UK’s biggest investigation into household plastic waste begins

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tens of thousands of people across the UK will take part in recording how much packaging they throw away …

Big Plastic Count ‘will show national scale of UK’s waste problem’
2 years, 10 months ago

Big Plastic Count ‘will show national scale of UK’s waste problem’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It will, for the first time, tell ordinary people what happens to their plastic waste after we throw it …

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
2 years, 11 months ago

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.

New York Times  

Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing. Trash Drag each item where you think it belongs Milk jug Peanut butter jar Water bottle Shampoo bottle Snack bag Diaper Plastic bag Bubble mailer Foam cup Single-use utensil Yogurt cup Takeout container Berry box Recycling The universal symbol for recycling, known as the “chasing arrows” logo, is stamped on so many things. “We don’t …

Packaging for the future
2 years, 11 months ago

Packaging for the future

The Independent  

Trace One is a Business Reporter client According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the amount of plastic waste has doubled globally since 2000, with 353 million tonnes produced in 2019 alone. “They can make out that plastic is the bad guy, but some plastic could be entirely recyclable and might be better than complex …

Australia's plastic recycling industry changes are fast taking effect
2 years, 11 months ago

Australia's plastic recycling industry changes are fast taking effect

ABC  

If Australians haven't noticed the changes being made to how, when, and where they recycle plastic, they will in the coming months. Key points: More changes to Australia's plastic export industry will come into effect from July 1 Australia will increase its domestic capacity for plastic reprocessing from 227,000 tonnes in 2020–21 to at least 420,000 tonnes by 2025 There …

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