Some Canary Island ants have picked up an unwelcome stowaway — plastic waste. Plastic entanglement is commonly associated with aquatic and ocean life. Finding plastic-wrapped ants suggests that humankind’s pernicious polymer pollution affects a wider range of wildlife than previously thought, researchers report September 18 in Ecological Entomology. Scientists noticed the tangled insects while studying 113 ants they’d […]
Read MoreThe world must move faster on a plastic pollution treaty that is currently not expected to be finalized before the end of next year, Fiji’s deputy prime minister told an international summit on Thursday. A draft of the treaty on reducing global plastic pollution was unveiled last month and will form the basis for several rounds of […]
Read MoreNorway’s climate and environment minister played down calls for strict caps on the production of plastic but said the manufacture of so-called “virgin plastic” should be reduced, as talks on a global treaty to stop the mounting plastic pollution crisis opened on Monday. More than 145 countries are hoping to hammer out a treaty by […]
Read MorePARIS (AP) — A United Nations committee is meeting Monday in Paris to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring an end to global plastic pollution, but there is little agreement yet on what the outcome should be. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for Plastics is charged with developing the first […]
Read MoreOf all the plastic produced in the world, less than 10% gets recycled, while the rest ends up like plastic trash.
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