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Identify the Problem to Find the Solution: UNEA 4 and Re-Framing the Plastic Issue
by Grace Smith, Geneva-based intern | March 4, 2019
From March 11th to 15th, Ministers of the Environment from 193 countries will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, for the fourth meeting of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) with the potential to propel our society into a new era of sustainability. UNEA, the official governing body of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the highest-level governing body […]
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Challenges in Asian nations’ plastics fight
by Prime Sarmiento | February 28, 2019
Fundamental changes needed to tackle waste management, analysts suggest Late last year, the carcass of a sperm whale that washed ashore in eastern Indonesia was found to contain a huge lump of plastic waste－including bags and cups. The discovery came six months after an autopsy of a pilot whale was spotted in a southern Thai […]
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Solving the plastic pollution crisis requires focus on another ‘R’ — responsibility
by Tom Dowdall | February 27, 2019
By emphasizing recyclability and recycling over reduction and elimination of plastic waste, major companies are still ducking their responsibility to tackle plastic pollution. The problem with plastic is not new. For decades the plastics and packaging industry has combined with food and beverages companies to frame it as a “litter” problem. Individuals littering are the […]
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Berkeley on the Path to Zero Waste Dining!
by Amelia Moore | February 24, 2019
Last month, Berkeley City Council unanimously passed the Disposable-Free Dining Ordinance, a groundbreaking and expansive plan for phasing out single-use plastic foodware from Berkeley restaurants and businesses. The ordinance, the first of its kind in the U.S. to comprehensively address single-use plastics, has been met with an outpouring of support from the community including students, […]
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Dozens of companies launch US$1 billion bid to end plastic pollution in Asia but environmentalists dismiss it as ‘greenwashing’ stunt
by Charles McDermid | February 13, 2019
Since China banned plastic waste imports in January 2018, Southeast Asia has become the world’s dumping ground Thailand had a 2,000 per cent jump in the imports of US plastic waste in the first six months of 2018 A new oil and chemical industry-led global alliance founded to tackle Asia’s crippling plastic waste crisis has […]
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