plastics
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It’s time to break up capitalism’s love affair with plastic By Amy Leather
A valuable invention is massively misused in the service of profit, producing unprecedented waste and pollution. How can we stop the plastic plague? Continue reading
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Please Sign Now! Zero tolerance for plastic
Thanks to public outcry, the European Commission proposed a new law to reduce single-use plastics and stem the huge tide of plastic waste. [3] Unfortunately some EU countries are likely under pressure from the plastic industry to derail this hopeful proposal for our environment. [4] But we still have a chance to make the Commission’s… Continue reading
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Michael Gove: Plastic containers update
A group of influential MPs have just told the government that the UK needs a plastic bottle deposit return scheme. Continue reading
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New research shows irreversible changes in England in the Anthropocene
Scientists find irreversible changes that have no precedent in the 4.54 billion years of Earth history, caused by new human-made materials. Concrete structures forming a new, human-made rock type; ash particles in the landscape; and plastic debris are just a few of the new materials irreversibly changing England’s landscape and providing evidence of the effects… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 