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Why Women From Asia Are Confronting U.S. Fracking: Oil Extraction Equals Plastic Production
by admin | June 26, 2018
Volunteers collect garbage along the coast of Freedom Island during a ‘Break free from Plastic’ activity in Paranaque City, the Philippines. Photo by Xinhua/ROUELLE UMALI/Getty Images by Isabelle Morrison. Article originally posted here. Plastic manufacturers are not responsible for the disposal of their products, so the burden is placed on people in the Philippines. Heaps of plastic waste […]
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China ban sees UK plastic waste exports to Malaysia trebling
by admin | June 26, 2018
by FMT Reporters. Original article posted here. Plastics are being recycled in Malaysia into pellets to be turned into other valuable items. PETALING JAYA: In the four months since China imposed a ban on plastics, UK waste being exported to Malaysia has more than trebled, making it the main destination for British plastics. Exports to Vietnam […]
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Virtuous Municipalities to Starbucks: please do not use disposable cups in Italy
by Matt Franklin | June 25, 2018
This press release, produced by Comuni Virtuosi, was translated into English and published on the Zero Waste Europe website by Roberta Arbinolo “We call on Starbucks to say no to disposable cups and glasses in the new shop due to open in Milan in September, and make it a sustainability best practice in Europe and […]
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McDonald’s to phase out plastic straws in UK and Ireland, trial alternatives globally
by Matt Franklin | June 18, 2018
This article was originally posted by Greenpeace USA and is available here. by Perry Wheeler June 15, 2018 Washington, DC – McDonald’s announced that it will phase out plastic straws in the UK and Ireland by 2019, and that it will trial alternatives to plastic straws in select restaurants in the U.S., France, Sweden, Norway […]
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G7 leaders release tepid plans for addressing climate change and ocean plastic pollution – Greenpeace response
by Dawn Marie Elisse Mundo | June 18, 2018
Québec City, Canada – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the closure of what he described as “a successful G7 Summit with ambitious objectives” on the environmental front, including a status quo commitment on climate change and a G7 Ocean Plastics Charter endorsed by five nations. In response to the climate announcement, Greenpeace International Executive Director Jennifer […]
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